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Hanoi requests efficient use of COVID-19 vaccines

Districts and towns across Hanoi must be responsible for keeping COVID-19 vaccination to schedule and efficiently use the COVID-19 vaccines they have received to avoid wastefulness, according to an official notice from the municipal People’s Committee.
Hanoi requests efficient use of COVID-19 vaccines ảnh 1Students from Be Van Dan Secondary School in Hanoi's Dong Da district receive COVID-19 vaccines. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Districts and towns across Hanoimust be responsible for keeping COVID-19 vaccination to schedule and efficientlyuse the COVID-19 vaccines they have received to avoid wastefulness, according to an official notice from the municipal People’s Committee.

The committee issued the instruction as the capital city is striving to speed upCOVID-19 vaccine inoculation for people aged five and above to deal with thecurrent spike of new cases.

Local authorities are asked to increase people’s accessibilityto COVID-19 vaccines by flexibly arranging injection sites. For example, inaddition to fixed vaccination points, mobile ones can be set up at industrialparks, schools and others, the official notice said.

Districts and towns must prepare personnel, drugs andmedical supplies to get ready for any pandemic emergency and make sure thatevery citizen can gain the fastest and earliest access to health care servicesat grassroot level. They must also take drastic actions to promptly andeffectively control the virus in the event of a COVID-19 resurgence, it added.

Any organisation or district that fails to do so, causing awide-spread outbreak, will be held accountable, it noted.

Local administrations are requested to accelerate awarenesscampaigns to encourage people to strictly observe COVID-19 control rules andget vaccine booster shots. Residents must be provided with updates on thepandemic situation, associated risks from new variants and suitable virusprevention measures./
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