COVID-19 vaccination in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – has urged localities and
organisations to speed up the inoculation of the third dose of COVID-19
vaccines to all adults.
Speaking
at a national online conference held by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry
of Public Security on April 26, Long emphasised that so far Vietnam had given
more than 212 million vaccine doses.
But
he said the administration of booster shots has been slow, and action must be
taken to hasten the process.
“The
has basically been successful, but recently the third dose
vaccination speed for adults has been slow,” said Long.
“We
have continuously discussed with localities and found that there is no shortage
of . So what are the difficulties and problems?”
Provinces
and cities must speed up vaccinations following directions from Prime Minister
Pham Minh Chinh, he stressed.
As
for children aged between five and under 12, Long said that the work had been
implemented for the past two weeks, but the vaccination rate for this group was
still low.
“This
is what we are concerned about,” Long added. It is recommended that
localities must speed up the progress.”
Statistics
from the MoH said that all of over-18-year-old people nationwide had already
received two doses of vaccine, and more than 55 percent three doses.
As
for people aged between 12 and 17, the rate of first dose is 100 percent
whereas the second dose is 96.3 percent.
By
the end of April 25, 48 out of 63 provinces and cities have given vaccinations
to 667,978 children between five and 12 years old.
Earlier,
the MoH sent several documents to urge localities to get enough ,
to ensure high vaccine coverage./.
Source: VietnamPlus
