A health worker prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine to labourers at an industrial park in Bac Giang province. (Photo: VNA)The programme’s overall goal is toensure effective control of the pandemic, contain the coronavirus spread in thecommunity, practice maximum protection of people’s health and lives, minimise severeCOVID-19 cases and deaths, and boost socio-economic recovery and development.
Among the detailed targets, the programme aims that by the end of the first quarter of 2022, Vietnam will have finishedadministering the second vaccine doses to people aged 12 and under 18, and thethird doses to those aged 18 and above, except for the ones with a contraindicationto vaccination. It looks to ensure sufficient vaccine supply and complete theinoculation of children aged 5 and under 12 by September 2022.
Besides, administrations at all levelshave to devise anti-COVID-19 plans, and all people comply with suitablepandemic prevention and control measures. The country will also strive toreduce the mortality rate per 1 million people to less than the average inAsia.
Under the programme, Vietnam willwork to improve the capacity of the healthcare system, especially preventivemedicine and grassroots health care; increase investment in medical suppliesand infrastructure; give appropriate treatment policies to those working inpreventive medicine and grassroots health care; and enhance the emergency aidand intensive care quality at all-level medical establishments.
Apart from implementing COVID-19vaccination as fast as possible, it will quickly consider the inoculation of the fourth vaccine dosesfor adults, the third doses for people aged 5 and under 18, and vaccination forchildren aged 3 - 5.
The best possible conditions will be createdto speed up vaccine manufacturing and production technology transfer, apply thenational population database to update information about the vaccinated people,monitor the COVID-19 vaccine coverage, and distribute vaccines in a reasonableand effective manner.
In addition, Vietnam will keep aclose watch on the pandemic situation in the country and the world while makingtimely amendments and supplements, and updating specialised guidelines toensure safe and flexible adaptation to, effective control of the pandemic, andsocio-economic recovery and development, according to the programme./.
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