The vaccination of children aged between five and 11 years old have been carried out safely at many localities over the past few days and no incidents have been recorded so far.
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The vaccination of children aged between five and 11 years old have been carried out safely at many localities over the past few days and no incidents have been recorded so far.
Medical sectors have been well prepared in terms of human resources, equipment and medicines to provide emergency treatment in case of adverse reactions to vaccinations.
The psychology of both parents and children is stable.
In order to ensure safety, the Ministry of Health trained medical workers on administering Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for the children as well as how to respond to reactions after inoculation.
The ministry has also provided consultancy for parents and teachers about the organisation of vaccination at schools and guided them on how to monitor children's health after being vaccinated.
Dong Nai province also started to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children aged between five and 11 years old on Tuesday.
At Tran Hung Dao Secondary School in the province's Bien Hoa city, hundreds of parents and children were present from 7am to prepare for their children's vaccination. Most of the parents said the vaccination is needed to prevent COVID-19.
Tran Le Hoa, a mother of a sixth-grade student, said parents have expected their children to be inoculated against COVID-19 for a long time as they return to school and face a high risk of being infected with the virus.
Thanks to the vaccination campaign, parents now feel more secure in letting their children back to school, she said.
Around 500 students of the school will be inoculated during this campaign.
There are more than 400,000 children aged between five and 11 years old in Dong Nai.
Other localities, including Hà Nội, HCM City, Hà Nam, Tuyên Quang, Yên Bái, Bình Dương, Cao Bằng, Hải Dương, Hà Giang, Sơn La and Bắc Ninh provinces have also begun to vaccinate this age group.
The country has so far approved two vaccines for use on children aged five to 11, which are Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
The recommended gap between doses is four weeks. For children, both doses must be of the same vaccine.
Around 11.8 million children from 5-11 years old in Viet Nam are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
(Source: VNS)
