No date has been set for reopening schools, but the government is aiming for early 2022. Vietnam closed schools and education institutions in May when an outbreak fueled by the delta variant spread across the country. There are about 14 million Vietnamese children in that age range.Īccording to the report, children will be vaccinated at their schools and those who do not attend school will be vaccinated at pediatric hospitals.Ībout 55% of Vietnam’s 98 million people have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs, but only half of them have been fully vaccinated with both doses. Last week, the ministry approved vaccinations for children between 12 and 17 years old, with older teens in more populated cities receiving priority for the first doses.
“Vaccination safety for children is the top priority,” health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said during a meeting on Tuesday ahead of the launch. Parents or guardians must sign a consent form for their children to be vaccinated, the report said. His 18-year term as general secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin s in duration. During the first phase, Vietnam has only approved the Pfizer vaccine for children. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the governing Communist Party (19641982) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (19601964, 19771982).
