Hanoi makes efforts to speed up COVID-19 vaccination

Medical staff give COVID-19 vaccine shots to students of Ha Huy Tap secondary school in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the People’s Committeeof Hanoi Tran Sy Thanh on August 9 signed a dispatch asking localities acrossthe city to speed up the COVID-19 vaccination among local residents.

Along with speeding up the work on students in local schools in line with the Ministry of Health’s guidance, thelocalities were requested to complete it among the children between 5and 12 years olds in August.

They were also asked to finalise the administration of thethird and fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines to adults soon and hasten theinjection of the third dose among the people aged from 12 to 18.

COVID-19 vaccination (Photo: VNA)

At the same time, the dispatch underlined the need to finishthe vaccination for prioritised groups as soon as possible.

To this end, the city rolls out a number of measures to expand the vaccinationcoverage, including strengthening communications on the benefits ofvaccination, enhancing the sense of responsibility of leaders of People’sCommittees of districts and towns in preventing the resurgence of thepandemic, and strictly inspecting vaccination activities to make sure thatvaccines are used in a timely manner./.

VNA