Over 5 million people get COVID shots in HCM City

A person with disability in HCM City is vaccinated against COVID-19 at home. (Photo: VNA)

HCM
City (VNS/VNA) – More than 5 million people have been
vaccinated against in Ho Chi Minh City so far, according to the
national portal.

That
is equivalent to 71 percent of the 6.9 million people aged over 18.

The
city’s administration said it needs another 13 million doses to ensure everyone
gets two shots.

Deputy
Director of the HCM City Department of Health Nguyen Hoai Nam, said the city
plans to give the second shot to 15 percent of the eligible population by
September 15.

So
far it has allotted 4.4 million doses of AstraZeneca, Vero Cell, , and
Moderna s.

The
city has imported two million doses of Vero Cell in two batches. The first
batch, imported on July 31 and approved by the ministry, is being used, and the
second batch is being examined by the ministry./.