Ho Chi Minh City is set to conduct COVID-19 vaccination throughout the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, which will last for nine days starting this weekend, according to its Department of Health.
Budget realisation in Indonesia’s health sector in 2021 rose by 69.2 percent to reach 291.4 trillion IDR (over 20.33 billion USD), from 172.3 trillion IDR in the previous year, Antara news agency reported.
Vietnam recorded 14,978 cases of COVID-19 during 24 hours from 4pm January 22 to 4pm January 23, including 44 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health has asked provinces and cities nationwide to create favourable conditions for people to return to their hometowns to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet), citing the large coverage of COVID-19 vaccination.
No serious suspected adverse effects associated with COVID-19 vaccines have been reported among children aged between 5-11 years since the vaccination roll-out began at the end of last year, said the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore.
Da Nang will not impose social distancing or shut down the city in the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, according to Ngo Kim Yen, Vice Chairwoman of the central city’s People’s Committee.
Cambodia on January 14 began administering the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to priority groups in its capital city of Phnom Penh amid the spread of the Omicron variant within the community.
Leaders of the northern province of Ha Nam on January 13 held a meeting with foreign investors to listen to their feedback, aiming to seek measures to remove obstacles and difficulties in their production and business activities.
The Philippines has recorded the highest number of daily new COVID-19 cases to date, while Indonesia has licenced five types of vaccines serving the local booster shot administration.
Vietnam recorded 16,472 cases of COVID-19, including 55 imported ones, during 24 hours from 4pm January 5 to 4pm January 6, according to the Ministry of Health.
With over 90 percent of the adult population having received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines and the ongoing campaign for children aged 12-17 years, the Ministry of Health is planning to buy shots for children aged 5-11.
The Prime Minister has requested that after the child vaccination policy is approved by competent authorities, the Ministry of Health must conduct necessary procedures to buy vaccines for children aged 5-11.
The Ministry of Health reported on December 27 that as many as 14 localities nationwide have fully covered the basic doses of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 12-17.
Ho Chi Minh City is striving to complete the injection of booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines into all local adults within January 2022, earlier than the target set by the Ministry of Health in the first quarter of next year.
The Ministry of Health on December 27 held an online meeting connecting with 63 provinces and cities nationwide, spotlighting the importance of vaccination to everyone.
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