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HCM City to vaccinate children aged 5-12 against COVID-19 by September

Ho Chi Minh City is to vaccinate all children aged 5 to 12 against COVID-19 by this September, according to an urgent plan by the municipal People’s Committee on the work.
HCM City to vaccinate children aged 5-12 against COVID-19 by September ảnh 1A dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Photo: AFP/VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is tovaccinate all children aged 5 to 12 against COVID-19 by this September, accordingto an urgent plan by the municipal People’s Committee on the work.
Nearly 900,000 children in the southern metropolis areexpected to be inoculated under the plan. The city’s Department of Education and Training andDepartment of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs have been asked to review andcompile a list of the eligible prior to the vaccination campaign.

The municipal People’s Committee requested localities towork together with the health sector in response to adverse incidents, andrelevant agencies to keep a close watch on the children following COVID-19 inoculation.

As of April 4, more than 206.55 million doses of COVID-19vaccines had been administered across the country./.
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