Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong urged cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers to immediately practice vaccination and repeat vaccination on schedule and in a timely manner...
July 5, in Hanoi , the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (Confederation of Labor) held the Launching Ceremony of the campaign to vaccinate against COVID-19 with doses 3 and 4 for cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees.
The launching ceremony aims to contribute to raising awareness, continue to arouse the spirit of positivity and self-discipline in the implementation of 3rd and 4th vaccination vaccinations, strengthen the immunity for the staff - workers in the face of the risk of a resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Speaking at the Launching Ceremony, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong shared, after 2 years of joining hands to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline soldiers have been recognized by the people and internationally expensive. We cannot fail to mention the role of vaccines in successfully controlling the pandemic in Vietnam. We started organizing the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign from March 2021. This is the largest vaccination campaign in history with different COVID-19 vaccines; As of July 4, 2022, more than 233 million doses of vaccine have been administered nationwide with the basic dose coverage rate in people aged 12 years and older reaching approximately 100%.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong spoke at the ceremony.
According to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, in the world, the epidemic is still complicated and unpredictable and has broken out again in some countries. Vietnam continues to record new strains and the risk of a re-epidemic outbreak is present. Vaccination is the most effective and strategic measure in disease prevention and control. However, now has begun to appear subjective psychology, neglect in a part of people, units; Many localities have not achieved the required schedule of 3rd and 4th injections and there is hesitation and avoidance of vaccination, so the rate of 3rd and 4th injections in people aged 18 years and over has only reached the target rate about 67% and 31% respectively.
On this occasion, the Deputy Minister of Health called on all cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers to immediately practice the vaccination and repeat vaccination on schedule and in a timely manner. The best vaccine is the one that is repeated and replenished in a timely manner. At the same time, it is suggested that leaders of ministries, branches and central branch trade unions will continue to direct affiliated units to coordinate with medical facilities in the area to organize vaccination for officials and employees officers and employees of the unit.
Vaccinate against COVID-19 for officials, employees and workers right after the Launching Ceremony.
At the launching ceremony, Mr. Tran Thanh Hai, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Confederation of Confederation emphasized: “The Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation of Confederation of Confederation requested trade unions at all levels to actively propagate and mobilize employees to continue participating vaccination; coordinate with authorities, experts at the same level, the health sector, the Management Board of local industrial zones, heads of agencies, units, and employers to deploy vaccination against COVID-19 19 for employees according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health”.
Immediately after the Launching Ceremony, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and the Ministry of Health organized a vaccination against COVID-19 for officials, employees and workers working at the Ministry of Health, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and some provincial Labor Confederations. , central cities; Ministries and branches have the Central Sector Trade Union and the equivalent.
It is known that before holding the Launching Ceremony today, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has issued a document directing and guiding the booster vaccination against COVID-19 to all 63 provincial labor unions and industry unions city province.
According to Baomoi.