A woman and her child prepare to board a train to come home at the Saigon Train Station in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry
of Health has asked provinces and cities nationwide to create favourable conditions
for people to return to their hometowns to welcome the (), citing
the large coverage of COVID-19 vaccination.
The ministry made the request in a document
sent to the People’s Committees of provincial-level localities on January 22.
It noted that 100 percent of the people
aged 18 and above have received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccines, 95.6
percent the second, and 18.6 percent the third. Meanwhile, 94.1 percent of
the children aged 12 – 17 have been given at least one dose, and 82.2 percent
the second dose.
The ministry also requested localities
to increase monitoring and promptly detect suspected cases in the community so as
to take timely action to curb the spread.
By the end of January 21, a total of 174,965,411 doses of vaccines were
administered in the country, including 78,843,924 being the first dose, 73,764,594
the second, and 22,356,893 the third./.
Source: VietnamPlus
