Whole province administers nearly 340,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to children aged at 5-11

On the afternoon of September 19, source from the province’s health sector said that in recent days, the results of vaccination against Covid-19 have gained many good changes. Noticeably, the number of vaccines given to children aged at 5 and 11 has increased rapidly. The reason is that schools in the province have coordinated with the health sector and localities to speed up the vaccination schedule for students aged at 5-17. It is known that students returning to school need to ensure that they are vaccinated against Covid-19 under the regulations...

Vaccination against Covid-19 for children at Phu Loi ward’s Medical Station in Thu Dau Mot city

According to statistics from the province’s health sector, up to now, the whole province has administered more than 7.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, including 339,700 doses for children aged at 5-11, more than 478,300 doses for those aged at 12 -17 and more than 6.5 million does for people aged at 18 and above. Particularly, the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered to children aged at 5-11 is increasing rapidly with the rate of 1st dose at 78.4%, 2nd dose at 45.7% of the total number of children aged at 5-11. Noticeably, Dau Tieng district achieved the highest rate of 2nd injection for children aged at 5-11, with 93.9% of total. In contrast, Thuan An and Di An cities were at the lowest rate with over 38% of total.

Meanwhile, Ben Cat town reached a high rate of 3rd injection for children aged at 12-17 with 58.9% of total. Tan Uyen town was at the lowest rate of 3rd injection for these subjects with more than 36% of total.

Reported by Hoang Linh-Translated by Kim Tin

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