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Vietnam to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19 in early April

Children aged between 5-11 will be vaccinated against COVID-19 from early April, according to the Health Ministry.
Vietnam to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19 in early April ảnh 1Vaccine Pfizer (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Children aged between 5-11 will be vaccinatedagainst COVID-19 from early April, according to the Health Ministry.

The Expanded Programme on Immunisation announced on March 27that the Australian Government has officially committed to providing Vietnamwith about 13.7 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to inoculate childrenaged between 5-11 in the first week of April.

Previously, on March 22, the Ministry of Health worked withthe Australian Embassy in Vietnam on this issue.  

Training on vaccination for children has been conductednationwide.

Once the vaccines arrive in Vietnam and their quality isaccredited, they will be allocated to localities to be administered tochildren.

The ministry and the programme have also been activelylooking for other sources of vaccine support from international organisationssuch as USAID, COVAX Facility and the governments of other countries to secureadditional 8-10 million doses to fully vaccinate children in this age group./.
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