PM urges speedier vaccination against COVID-19 for children, 4th dose plan for adults
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged for completion of third dose vaccination against COVID-19 in the second quarter of this year and speedier vaccination for children, said the Government Office.
The Office has just issued the notification of the PM’s conclusion made at the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s recent online meeting with localities.
The notification clarifies key tasks and solutions to continue to strengthen preventive medicine and grassroots health and promote vaccination, especially for children. Localities were required to develop specific action plans, prepare human resources, facilities, vaccines, therapeutic drugs, and biological products.
The Prime Minister requested a plan to inject the fourth dose for those eligible, especially the elderly (from 60 years of age or older), people with underlying diseases, workers in industrial parks and workers in crowded areas.