Ho Chi Minh City sets up a set of COVID-19 vaccinations for 100% of people over 18 years old to September 30
At a press conference on the afternoon of August 31 in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Pham Duc Hai said that according to statistics until June 30, the whole city of Ho Chi Minh City has about 7.2 million people who are 18 years old or older. Ho Chi Minh City will focus on giving priority to COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly; people with underlying medical conditions; pregnant women aged 13 weeks or more and nursing mothers; frontline forces against the epidemic and frontline forces in economic development such as investors, workers inside and outside industrial parks, workers in essential goods, circulation ... Hai said the vaccination schedule is divided into four phases from August 29 to the end of 2021.
Specifically, from August 29 to September 15, injection 1 for about 680,000 people to reach 90% of people aged 18 years and over receive the 1st injection, and the 2nd dose booster for those who have had enough 1st dose. time by vaccine type, with about 2.1 million people. Phase 2, from September 16 to September 30, the city will cover the 1st dose for the remaining 10% of the population, estimated at 720,000 people, and at the same time, give the 2nd booster shot for those who have already injected the 1st dose with nearly 657,000 people. Phase 3, from October 1 to October 15, when the 1st injection is no longer required, the city will focus on injecting the second dose booster for 2.6 million people who have received the 1st injection, while phase 4, from 16- From December 10 to 31, the city will give a booster shot of the second dose to 1.4 million people who have already received the first dose.
Thus, the total number of COVID-19 vaccines HCMC needs to use from August 29 to December 31, 2021 for the 1st dose is 1.4 million doses and more than 6.7 million doses for the 2nd dose, according to the principle. What vaccine do people get for the first time, the second time they get a compatible vaccine. Although there is a specific vaccination schedule, according to Hai, the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines belongs to the Ministry of Health, so when the city receives enough vaccines, the city cannot decide. On the other hand, Mr. Hai reiterated that "the best vaccine is the earliest vaccine", vaccination is the right and obligation of the people. "We can't live forever in social distancing according to directive 16, but we can't stop social distancing when we don't meet all the conditions, one of the important conditions is getting enough vaccines," he said. Mr. Hai said.
References as Tuoi Tre News