Localities asked to finish vaccination of elders, people with underlying health conditions
(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged localities to finish vaccination of old people and those with underlying health conditions, who are the most vulnerable to the coronavirus.
 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam chairs a meeting to discuss Vietnam's COVID-19 measures. |
Mr. Dam, who is also Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, made this request as he addressed a meeting with the Ministry of Health, medical experts, and localities to discuss the COVID-19 fight.
The Ministry of Health was asked to appropriately distribute vaccines to localities and plan booster shots after consulting international experts on the proper time gap between the second and third inoculations.