A medical worker gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a resident in Dong Son ward, Thanh Hoa city, the central province of Thanh Hoa. (Photo: VNA)The urgentguidance was sent to provincial and municipal departments of health andother organisations.
Ata meeting on September 8 of the ministry's advisory council on vaccines,the council recommended that if a type of vaccine was no longer in productionor available in time, a different booster vaccine could be used.
If the firstdose is AstraZeneca, the second dose can be Pfizer or Moderna, and viceversa.
Based on thecouncil’s recommendation, the ministry said that people should have the samefirst and second dose of the vaccine. But in the case of limited vaccineresources, people who have received the first dose of Pfizer orAstraZeneca can have the second dose with Moderna.
The intervalbetween the two doses is based on the ministry's guidance issued onSeptember 20 this year.
Thenational immunisation project under the National Institute of Hygiene andEpidemiology supports and monitors problems after vaccinations.
Theministry has requested local departments of health to have suitablevaccination plans and conduct them safely and punctually. It will continue tokeep a close watch, update information and give more directions if necessary./.
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