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Vietnam plans to vaccinate under-5 children against COVID-19 if there’s scientific basis

The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities, asking them to calculate the number of children from 6 months old to under 5 years old to prepare a plan on COVID-19 vaccination for them when there are enough conditions and scientific basis.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health has just sent a document tothe People's Committees of provinces and cities, asking them to calculate thenumber of children from 6 months old to under 5 years old to prepare a plan onCOVID-19 vaccination for them when there are enough conditions and scientificbasis.

In its document, the ministry stressed that this is an importantand urgent mission.

According to the ministry, the country has to date administeredover 259 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 for those aged from five.

Localities were asked to propose the need to use vaccines foreach age group of children from six months old to under one year old, thosefrom one to under two, from two to under three, from three to under four, andfrom four to under five; and sent them to the Institutes of Hygiene andEpidemiology, the Pasteur Institute in the regions before September 30.

The information should be sent to the National Institute ofHygiene and Epidemiology before October 10, and then the Ministry of Health byOctober 15./.
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