A child receives a vaccination at a health centre in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The percentage of
fully vaccinated under the expanded national vaccination
programme in Ho Chi Minh City has reached 95.2 percent so far
this year, according to the in the city.
In HCM City, a total of
113,000 children must be vaccinated under the national vaccination programme.
District 8 recorded the
lowest vaccination coverage at 86.1 percent, followed by other districts such
as Tan Binh, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, 10, 11, and 12.
These districts are unlikely
to meet the target of vaccination coverage this year, according to Le Hong Nga, head of the centre’s infectious
diseases department.
Some parents failed to have
their children fully vaccinated due to a lack of information or their
children’s illness, Nga said at a meeting last week in HCM City.
“Every child in HCM City must
receive vaccinations as scheduled,” said Nguyen Huu Hung, deputy director of the city’s
Department of Health.
Hung ordered health facilities in
districts to provide parents adequate information on the
programme and schedule.
A total of 495 health
facilities in HCM City offer vaccination services, including 104 private
facilities. /.
Source: VietnamPlus
