Hanoi shortens time between two AstraZeneca vaccine jabs

A medical staff holds a vial of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy

The Hanoi Department of Health has agreed to reduce the waiting time between two AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shots to four weeks from eight.

The latest move aims to speed up the vaccination process in a safe and effective way, creating herd immunity as soon as possible, according to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control that proposed the shortening.

It is also based on guidance from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology about the Covid-19 vaccination campaign. With AstraZeneca, the institute recommends taking the second injection at least four weeks after the first one.

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