Vietnam to inoculate all adults with third Covid shot by mid-2022

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A health worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine shot in HCMC. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

 

Vietnam aims to give all adults their third Covid-19 vaccine shots by mid-2022, the health ministry revealed Wednesday.

 

Currently, 97 percent of adults have received their first Covid-19 vaccine doses, 70 percent their second, and around 5 million children aged 12-17 their first, said Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen.

 

In 2022, Vietnam would focus on administering third doses to adults, those who have not had the chance to be vaccinated yet, and children aged 12-17. It would also try secure more vaccine doses to inoculate children aged 5-11.

 

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