Hanoi plans to vaccinate more than 95 percent of children aged 12 - 17 against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA) The campaign is set to becarried out from Q4 this year, according to a plan issued by the municipalPeople’s Committee.
Those aged 16 - 17 will getthe shots first while the younger later.
The inoculation progress willalso depend on the vaccine supply and the local pandemic situation, the plansaid, elaborating that when the supply is insufficient, vaccines will beprioritised for the areas with new infections, high population density, manycrowded places and schools, and economic vibrancy. Those adjacent to provinceswith a complex COVID-19 situation or home to concentrated quarantine sites willalso receive vaccines first.
The vaccination will beconducted simultaneously across the city, the plan noted.
As of November 1 morning,more than 10.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been allocated to Hanoi, ofwhich 9.82 million doses were already administered to 6.07 million people aged18 and above.
Meanwhile, the municipaladministration has decided that from November 8, schools will be reopened forstudents of the 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th,and 12th grades in communes, wards, and towns of the 18 outlyingdistricts which are at Pandemic Level 1 or 2 and stay free of COVID-19 communityinfections in 14 days prior to November 8.
Students of other grades areto continue with online learning, but teaching and learning activities forkindergarten children remain suspended.
The People’s Committeerequested that schools comply with anti-pandemic requirements and teachers whohave yet to be fully vaccinated only teach online./.
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