Hanoi plans to vaccinate 95 percent of children aged 12 - 17
Hanoi Municipal People Committee plans to give COVID-19 vaccine shots to over 95 percent of local children aged 12 - 17 by the end of the first quarter of 2022.
According to a plan issued by the Hanoi Municipal People Committee, the city's campaign is set to be carried out from Q4 this year, with over 95 percent of local children aged 12 - 17 fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the first quarter of 2022.
Those aged 16 - 17 will get the shots first while the younger later. The inoculation progress will also depend on the vaccine supply and the local pandemic situation. Vaccines will be prioritised for the areas with new infections, high population density, many crowded places and schools.
Those adjacent to provinces with a complex COVID-19 situation or home to concentrated quarantine sites will also receive vaccines first. The vaccination will be conducted simultaneously across the city, the plan noted.
To date, more than 10.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been allocated to Hanoi, of which 9.82 million doses were already administered to 6.07 million people aged 18 and above.
The city from November 8 will reopen school for students of the 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 12th grades in communes, wards, and towns of the 18 outlying districts which are at Pandemic Level 1 or 2 and stay free of COVID-19 community infections in 14 days prior to November 8.
