More than 50,000 people in HCM City get second COVID-19 booster shot

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Hanoi (VNA) – More than 50,000 people in Ho
Chi Minh City have received the second COVID-19 booster shot () as of
June 15, the municipal Department of Health said.

The southern metropolis has so far given 21 million
doses of vaccines to its residents.

Nguyen Anh Dung, deputy director of the department,
said although the pandemic has been brought under control, new variants still
remain a risk in the future. Therefore, the fourth dose is necessary for
people, especially labourers, to protect their health and ensure production and
business activities.

The local health sector has announced the list of 65
hospitals where people can get the second .

On June 14, 162,942 doses of vaccines were
administered nationwide, raising the total number of doses of COVID-19 vaccines
injected to 224,137,582./.