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Quang Ninh strives to reach herd immunity next April

The northern province of Quang Ninh is striving to give vaccination to 70-80 percent of local residents by April 2022 in order to reach herd immunity against COVID-19.
Quang Ninh strives to reach herd immunity next April ảnh 1Giving COVID-19 vaccine shot to a medical staff in Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northern province of QuangNinh is striving to give vaccination to 70-80 percent of local residents by April 2022 in order to reach herd immunity against COVID-19.

According to head of the provincial Health Department NguyenTrong Dien, to this end, the locality is speeding up COVID-19 vaccinationcampaign.

Recently, the province has administered tens of thousands ofSinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to workers in Chinese-invested firms in QuangNinh and border residents, he said.

Meanwhile, Hoang Ba Nam, Secretary of the Party Committee ofMong Cai city said that the city has received 31,000 doses of SinopharmCOVID-19 vaccine. With a capacity of injecting 4,000-5,000 doses per day, MongCai plans to finish the administration of 31,000 doses byJuly 20.

So far, Quang Ninh has received about 260,000 COVID-19vaccine doses of different kinds, with 60,000 doses administered. The provinceexpects to inject the rest in July and August while waiting for more vaccine delivery.

The province hopes to become one of the firstlocalities in Vietnam to reach herd immunity. It is planning to build a vaccination database and start the use of vaccine passport. The locality has alsoallocated personnel to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to locals in ethnicminority-inhabited, mountainous, islands and hard-to-reach areas./.

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