More than 20,000 Vietnamese inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine
(VOVWORLD) - A total 20,695 medical and other frontline workers nationwide got the COVID-19 shots as of March 16, according to the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation.
Reports from the vaccination sites indicate normal post-injection reactions, including fever, redness, swelling, tiredness, headache, muscle pain and nausea.
The ministry of Health on March 17 said that Vietnam logged no COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours as of 6:00 am on the day.
The country documented 1,597 domestically-transmitted infections, including 904 cases since the latest outbreak hit Hai Duong province and some other northern localities on January 27.
The Treatment Sub-committee said that 2,186 patients have been declared clear of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 so far.