The Thai Ministry of Public Health said the country spent a total of 444 billion THB (2.8 billion USD) on public health to contain the spread of COVID-19 and vaccinate its population during the three years of the pandemic.
The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities, asking them to calculate the number of children from 6 months old to under 5 years old to prepare a plan on COVID-19 vaccination for them when there are enough conditions and scientific basis.
Ho Chi Minh City will begin vaccinations against COVID-19 for 6th graders in all 23 districts and Thu Duc city and 5th graders in four primary schools on April 16.
Vice Chairman the Hanoi People’ Committee Chu Xuan Dung has requested related units to prepare necessary conditions for the vaccination of children aged from 5 to 11.
Ho Chi Minh City is to vaccinate all children aged 5 to 12 against COVID-19 by this September, according to an urgent plan by the municipal People’s Committee on the work.
Thailand on November 10 announced that it will set aside up to 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for foreign workers as it prepares to welcome them back to the country to help ease a labour shortage.
Nearly 800,000 children aging from 12-17 years old in Hanoi are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of 2021 and first quarter of 2022.
Nearly 792,000 children aging from 12-17 years old in Hanoi are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of 2021 and first quarter of 2022.
In order to quickly reopen the country, recover the economy and adapt to the pandemic, after completing the goal of immunising 50 percent of the adult population,the Government of Laos is working to raise this rate to at least 70 percent by the end of this year, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavan has said.
The central city of Da Nang plans to give COVID-19 vaccine shots to over 100,000 children aging from 12 to under 18 years old within November and December.
Vice Chairwoman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Ngo Thi Kim Yen has asked the municipal health and education departments to build a plan to vaccinate students aged from 15 to under 18 with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on October 26 – 29.
Ho Chi Minh City currently has no plans to vaccinate children aged 12-17 against COVID-19, deputy head of the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Pham Duc Hai affirmed on October 18.
About 4,000 foreigners in Hanoi were vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic from September 15-18.To fulfil the target of administering COVID-19 vaccines to all of foreigners living, studying and working in Hanoi, Hanoi has instructed the medical centre of Nam Tu Liem district to prepare for the inoculation.
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