A lady receives a vaccine as Vietnam begins its official rollout of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus illness (COVID-19) vaccine for well being staff, at Hai Duong Hospital for Tropical Ailments, Hai Duong province, Vietnam, March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue
HANOI, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Vietnam will start inoculating kids in opposition to COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from subsequent month, the well being ministry mentioned on Tuesday, because the Southeast Asian nation begins reopening its colleges following months of lockdown.
Kids aged 16 and 17 will likely be supplied the shot with parental consent, initially “within the areas that had been below motion restrictions and densely populated areas the place the an infection dangers are excessive,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Thus far, simply 22% of Vietnam’s inhabitants of 98 million have been absolutely vaccinated,
Common each day COVID-19 infections have fallen beneath 3,600 over the previous week from virtually 12,000 final month however colleges in some areas, together with within the capital Hanoi and in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis – an epicentre of the epidemic – stay closed.
Authorities within the northern province of Phu Tho this week closed a number of colleges after greater than 150 college students and lecturers caught the virus, state media reported on Tuesday.
Vietnam has recorded over 892,000 COVID-19 infections and 21,700 deaths, the bulk previously few months.
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