COVID-19 vaccination (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – has
issued a dispatch ordering intensifying COVID-19 prevention
and control measures.
In the dispatch, the PM underlined the complicated development
of the pandemic in the world and the rising number of infections inside the
country, adding that the pace of among particular groups has been
slow, especially second shot for children from 5 to under 12 and booster shots for over-18 people.
In order to sustainably maintain the outcomes of the
fight and create favourable conditions for socio-economic recovery and
development, the Government leader requested the Steering Committees for and Control, and People’s Committees of centrally-run cities
and provinces as well as ministries, ministry-level agencies and Government
agencies to focus on accelerating COVID-19 vaccination, in order to complete the injection of vaccines to people in
different groups following the Ministry of Health’s guidance as soon as
possible.
Particularly, it is necessary to organise mobile vaccination
stations to finish the administration of the second dose to children from 5-12
years old, and the third and fourth doses to adults as scheduled, the
PM said.
He also directed the Ministry of Health to supervise the
vaccination in localities and report to the PM localities with weak performance
for timely settlement.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Regarding the response to new SARS-CoV-2 variants, the
ministry was asked to keep a close eye on the developments of the pandemic in
the world and strengthen the exchange of information and experience with other
countries, while collecting ideas from experts to give assessments and forecast
on pandemic developments, evaluating the herd immunity and providing advice to
the Government on responding measures.
The ministry should provide updated information on the
pandemic to the public, along with prevention and control measures in an active
and timely manner.
Leaders of localities were requested to update pandemic
scenarios and prepare forces and equipment to stand ready for any circumstance.
Meanwhile, media agencies were directed to continue
strengthening communication activities to encourage the community to strictly carry out
regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control and receive vaccination./.
Source: VietnamPlus
