Amidst the rapidly increasing number of new cases of Covid-19, the Health Ministry has urged continued efforts to accelerate vaccination against Covid-19.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed the Minister of Health to review and update regularly to promptly take appropriate solutions to ensure that the number of vaccines is sufficient for all ages according to the assigned schedule.
According to the latest updated information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, the city health sector has performed vaccination against Covid-19 for 7,049,826 eligible people, including 810,404 ones receiving the second dose from March 8 to September 8.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long yesterday urged provinces and cities under the Central to speed up vaccination against Covid-19, facilitate and ensure safe injection for all people aged from 18 years old and above, the elderly and frontline medical staff and give vaccination priority to people in worst-hit areas to soon repel the fourth wave of Covid-19 outbreak and create more and more green zones.