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Ministry of Health orders speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations

The Ministry of Health on June 14 sent a document to major epidemiological institutes, urging them to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations.
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 Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health on June14 sent a document to major epidemiological institutes, urging them to speed upCOVID-19 vaccinations.

The document was sent to the National Institute ofHygiene and Epidemiology, the Pasteur Institutes in Ho Chi Minh City and NhaTrang city, and the Tay Nguyen Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.  

According to the ministry, all localities and relevantunits have received COVID-19 vaccines for the third phase of the vaccinationprogramme, and carried out the inoculation.

Under the Prime Minister’s instructions on speeding upCOVID-19 vaccinations, the ministry has asked the units and localities tocomplete the work before June 18.

The ministry has also requested the institutes to sendtechnical groups to cities and provinces to supervise vaccinations there.

The same day, the ministry sent another document tothe Ministries of National Defence and Public Security, and People’s Committeesof cities and provinces to speed up the programme./.
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