Booster shots fail to gain traction: health ministry

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A health worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine shot in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Chieu

 

Many people don't want to receive Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, slowing down vaccination speed in the country, the health ministry says.

 

In a document sent to localities Tuesday, the ministry said vaccination speed was slowing down as both citizens and officials were neglecting the threat of Covid-19, making it much harder to persuade people to get vaccinated with the third shot.

 

Vaccination should happen at a faster pace so that children aged 5-11 are inoculated in the second quarter, the ministry said.

 

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