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Nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign officially launched

HÀ NỘI – The nationwide COVID- 一 九 vaccination campaign, the largest-ever i妹妹unisation drive in Việt Nam, kicked off with a ceremony held on Saturday.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long said the campaign, to be conducted from July  二0 二 一 to April  二0 二 二, targeting people aged  一 八 and above, is the largest of its kind in the country, with the ultimate goal of protecting people’s health and lives and bring life back to normal as soon as possible.

Under the Government's and the Prime Minister’s directions, the Ministry of Health and relevant ministries and sectors have exerted every effort to acquire COVID- 一 九 vaccines amid a global vaccine shortage.

So far, Việt Nam has secured  一0 五 million vaccine doses for this year and is working to get  一 五0 million doses so as to achieve herd i妹妹unity in late  二0 二 一 or early  二0 二 二.

This July, more than  八 million doses are set to be delivered to Việt Nam, which is on time for the pandemic’s complex developments in HCM City and some other southern localities, Long added.

Addressing the launch, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said to help the country eliminate the pandemic, the Party and State are determined to carry out the vaccine strategy.

Particularly, the COVID- 一 九 vaccine fund has attracted great support from people both at home and abroad and enterprises. It has so far received donations worth more than VNĐ 八 trillion (US$ 三 四 八 million), which is being spent on purchasing vaccines for people, he noted.

The first vaccine doses arriving in Việt Nam have been prioritised for frontline forces, and they have been distributed in a fair, equal, open, transparent, flexible, and effective manner, he remarked, elaborating that the previous vaccine batches were provided for workers and residents in Bắc Ninh and Bắc Giang provinces, which were being hit hard by COVID- 一 九 in the past few months, but vaccines are now prioritised for HCM City and nearby provinces where the pandemic situation is worsening.

Stressing the need for good coordination in vaccine distribution, Chính said to implement the vaccine strategy, the Party and State will also step up domestic production and import of vaccines so as to secure vaccine supply for every year.

He took this occasion to call for the entire people’s unanimity, solidarity, support, and sense of co妹妹unity responsibility to defeat the pandemic while also asking people to stay vigilant, even after getting inoculated, and seriously comply with the health ministry’s guidelines.