Hanoi conducts vaccination against COVID-19 for locals (Photo: VNA) The article said that Hanoi began the mass vaccination againstCOVID-19 on July 28. In Hoan Kiem district, which is flooded by tourists atnormal times, around 4,000 doses per day are now administered at sevenvaccination centres.
Employees working in key public administration departments at high risk from COVID-19 and workers in industrial areas are the first to be injected.
The vaccination campaign runs from July to April next yearand benefits 5.1 million people between 18 and 65 years old. At the moment, thevaccines from Astra-Zeneca, Moderna and Sputnik V are mainly administered inVietnam.
The article also mentioned to the fourth wave of thepandemic which hit Vietnam in late April. From around 3,000 infections detectedin the three previous waves, the Southeast Asian nation has to date recordedover 100,000 cases.
The municipal authorities have implemented drastic measuresto prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the article wrote, adding that peoplereturning to the capital from pandemic hotspots must be quarantined indedicated facilities for 14 days and must undergo at least three PCR tests by method.If all three tests’ result is negative, they will continue to quarantine forseven days at home and be tested again on the last day of quarantine.
Hanoi has also set up many checkpoints on the roads enteringthe city, with police, military and medical forces on duty regularly to controlvehicles entering and leaving the city./.
VNA
