Illustrative image (Source: VNA)The ten prioritised groups in the free vaccinationprogramme include frontline medical staff, army and public security officers,diplomatic officials and their families who are about to be sent abroad,diplomats and members of UN bodies in Vietnam, teachers, aviation and transportstaff, people suffering chronic diseases, people above 65 years of age, those livingin pandemic-hit areas, poor people, and social policy beneficiaries.
Vietnam has so far given COVID-19 vaccine shots tonearly 53,000 people in 19 cities and provinces around the country. Many healthcare facilities providing COVID-19 treatment have finished their vaccinations.
On April 1, the first 811,200 doses of the vaccine supplied by the COVAX Facilitythrough UNICEF arrived in Hanoi.
COVAX has pledged to give Vietnam over 4.17 milliondoses by the end of May.
Vietnam aims to give COVID-19 shots to 20 percent of itspopulation by the end of this year./.
VNA
