HCM City’s health sector to resume immunisations

The department last week told district-level medical centres, public and
private hospitals, and vaccination centres to reschedule time frames for
immunisation services to avoid crowds and inform those who need immunisations.

Healthcare facilities are required to ensure that fewer than 20 people are
waiting for vaccines at the same time.

Rooms for physical examination, screenings, and vaccine administration and
follow-up must be cleaned and disinfected.

Areas for handwashing with soap and water as well as alcohol-based hand
sanitizers must be set up for easy use.

Health workers and people seeking vaccination must wear face masks and wash
hands or use hand sanitizers regularly.

The department assigned the city’s Centre for Disease Control to set up a plan
to ensure that children who missed essential vaccines are vaccinated according
to their immunisation schedules, and to strictly follow infection prevention
and safe immunisation rules.

The aim is to ensure the continuation of the expanded national vaccination
programme in the city and to protect children against a wide range of dangerous
diseases.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children Fund
(UNICEF) in Vietnam released a joint statement on ensuring that children are
vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The joint statement was issued on the occasion of the World Immunisation Week
from April 24-30./.