Vietnam administered more than 113 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of 3pm on Wednesday.
Vietnam administered more than 113 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of 3pm on Wednesday.
As many as 35 out 63 localities report having vaccinated over 50 per cent of their adult population with two full jabs.
Meanwhile, 59 localities have inoculated more than 70 per cent of their adult population with the first dose, including 23 localities vaccinating more than 95 per cent of their citizens aged over 18 such as Hà Nội, Hải Phòng, Hà Nam, Bắc Ninh, Vĩnh Phúc, Quảng Ninh, Đà Nẵng, Phú Yên, Khánh Hòa, Ninh Thuận, HCM City, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Đồng Nai, Long An, Lâm Đồng, Cần Thơ, Bến Tre, Vĩnh Long, Bình Dương, Kiên Giang and Hậu Giang.
Only four out of 63 provinces and cities posted lower than 70 per cent coverage of first dose among the adult population, namely Sơn La, Thanh Hoá, Nghệ An and Quảng Bình.
The Ministry of Health aims to finish administering 150 million doses of vaccine (costing around US$1.1 billion) for 75 million people, or 75 per cent of the population by April 2022 to achieve herd immunity.
(Source:VNS)
