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the should be used first to vaccinate children aged from six to
below 12 years to speed up the inoculation for this age group, according to the National
Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).
In a recent document sent to institutes of hygiene
and epidemiology, Pasteur Institutes, health departments and centres for
disease control and prevention of cities and provinces, the NIHE requested reviewing the list of children in the group to ensure all eligible children are vaccinated.
Institutes of hygiene and epidemiology and Pasteur
Institutes should coordinate with local authorities to ensure the effective
use of vaccines.
The NIHE decided on March 1 to allocate Moderna
vaccine doses that were distributed to Vietnam via the COVAX Facility
to inoculate people aged 18 years and above.
However, a number of localities have not used up the
vaccine, prompting the NIHE to seek permission from the COVAX Facility to use
it for the six-under 12 years age group. The COVAX Facility has approved the
proposal.
Vietnam has so far approved Pfizer-BioNTech and
Moderna for use on children between five and under 12 years of age, with
Moderna for six- to under-12 year-olds.
As of May 4, the country had injected 215,159,324
doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 1,617,802 first shots for children from
five to under 12 years old./.
Source: VietnamPlus
