Ho Chi Minh City will pioneer in importing and using Covid-19 vaccine

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh directed Ho Chi Minh City to pioneer in the use of the city’s budget, the contributions of businesses, proactively mobilized to source and import vaccines. Covid-19. The Ministry of Health inspects and ensures the quality of vaccines.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh inspects the disease prevention and control at Kim Garment Organ Co., Ltd in Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone (Ho Chi Minh City). This is the conclusion made after Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh had an inspection of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City and Military Region 7 from May 30 to January 1. 6-2021. The Standing Deputy Prime Minister also directed the Ministry of Health to develop a circular guiding, mechanism and open policy for localities and businesses to find sources to sign contracts to import and transfer technology to produce Covid-19 vaccines. -19. According to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City, as of June 5, the city has received commitments from many individuals, organizations and businesses to support the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines. with a total amount of nearly 2,100 billion VND. Meanwhile, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has implemented the 3rd phase of Covid-19 vaccination from the vaccine distributed by the Ministry of Health. According to the plan, the organization of vaccination against Covid-19 1st and 2nd in the 3rd phase in Ho Chi Minh City will be completed on July 10; Complete vaccination before August 15 at the request of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, the city continues to inject the second dose for those who have received the first injection if eligible. Continue to vaccinate people working at public and non-public health facilities in the city, hotels directly participating in isolation, and newly deployed isolation areas of the city. Ho Chi Minh City will complete the third phase of Covid-19 vaccination on July 10. In these cases, there were also a group of students from medical schools who volunteered to support the health sector in epidemic prevention and control; a group of people providing essential services, in which priority is given to the group of employees working at the airport (those who are in direct contact with flight crew, passengers, cargo, service staff, working in home shops). gas); group of people working at seaports (persons in direct contact with seafarers, cargo, ships); members of steering committees for disease prevention and control at all levels (cities, districts, districts, wards, communes, townships); group of patients with underlying medical conditions under inpatient treatment aged 65 years or younger (chronic kidney disease, diabetes…). According to the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, it is expected that about 54,591 people will receive the second injection and 17,209 people will receive the first injection. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.