Ho Chi Minh City can now actively source, buy and import Covid-19 vaccines (Artwork). On June 15, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam agreed with the proposal of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on the purchase and import of Covid-19 vaccine. At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister asked the organization, implementation and communication to avoid the situation of buying and pushing up vaccine prices. Regarding the implementation of vaccination against Covid-19, the Government has issued Resolution No. 21/NQ-CP dated February 26, which contains content on encouraging eligible units to organize voluntary vaccination for children. requested organizations and individuals. The Ministry of Health is responsible for licensing, testing and quality control of vaccines according to regulations; direct and guide the vaccination according to the required schedule, ensuring safety and effectiveness. Previously, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City submitted a report to the Prime Minister, stating: Currently, Ho Chi Minh City has over 7.2 million people aged 18 and over; there are over 1.6 million workers and workers working at enterprises and corporations in industrial parks. However, so far, Ho Chi Minh City has only received 140,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and deployed the first dose of vaccination to more than 64,000 people and more than 10,000 people injected with two doses. To achieve the goal of herd immunity with over 70% of the population of Ho Chi Minh City being vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as possible, the purchase of a vaccine against Covid-19 is an urgent matter. The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City proposed to the Prime Minister to allow businesses in the city to actively negotiate to source vaccines from reputable manufacturers and distributors in the world, to be imported or exported. hire businesses with the function of importing vaccines to import Covid-19 vaccines to Vietnam. After the vaccine is licensed by the Ministry of Health, imported to Vietnam and quarantined to ensure quality, the Prime Minister is requested to allow businesses to sign contracts to hire units with the function of vaccination to deploy. vaccination for all officers and employees of the enterprise on the principle of ensuring safety, quality and price of vaccination services according to the contract agreed between the enterprise and the vaccination unit. At a meeting with the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on June 14, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen also said that the National Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and Control had opened a favorable mechanism. the most favorable for localities to access vaccine resources. Ho Chi Minh City has also established a working group to buy and inject Covid-19 vaccines, which is coordinated by Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc.

Medical staff directly involved in the prevention of COVID-19 at Thanh Nhan Hospital are vaccinated against COVID-19. (Photo: Minh Quyet/VNA) Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam agreed with the proposal of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on the purchase, import vaccines prevent COVID-19 and require the organization of implementation and communication to avoid the situation of buying and selling vaccines, pushing up the price of vaccines. Regarding the implementation of vaccination against COVID-19, the Government has issued Resolution No. 21/NQ-CP dated February 26, 2021, which contains content on encouraging eligible units to organize voluntary vaccination. to organizations and individuals that require. The Ministry of Health is responsible for licensing, testing and quality control of vaccines according to regulations; direct and guide the vaccination according to the required schedule, ensuring safety and effectiveness. Before that, the People’s Committee Ho Chi Minh City submitted a report to the Prime Minister stating that, at present, Ho Chi Minh City has over 7.2 million people aged 18 years and over; there are over 1.6 million workers and workers working at enterprises and corporations in industrial parks. However, up to now, Ho Chi Minh City has only received 140,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and deployed the first dose of vaccination to more than 64,000 people, more than 10,000 people injected with two doses. To achieve the goal of herd immunity with over 70% of the population in Ho Chi Minh City being vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible, purchasing a vaccine against COVID-19 is an urgent matter. The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City proposed to the Prime Minister to allow businesses in the city to actively negotiate to source vaccines from reputable manufacturers and distributors in the world, imported import or hire businesses with functions to import vaccines against COVID-19 come back Vietnam. After the vaccine is licensed by the Ministry of Health, imported to Vietnam and quarantined to ensure quality, the Prime Minister is requested to allow businesses to sign contracts to hire units with the function of vaccination to deploy. vaccination for all officers and employees of the enterprise on the principle of ensuring safety, quality and service prices. vaccination under the contract agreed between the enterprise and the vaccination unit. The account receives donations for the COVID-19 Vaccine Fund.

Dak Lak health sector organizes vaccination of Covid-19 According to the Dak Lak health sector, the target is that over 95% of the priority group of people who receive the free and free of charge under Resolution No. 21 / NQ-CP dated February 26, 2021 will get 2 full doses of Covid-19 preventive vaccine . During this round, Dak Lak province was provided with 17,050 doses of vaccine. Therefore, priority will be given to injecting a part of the target group that is the frontline anti-epidemic force in Dak Lak province. In which, there are 7,317 people working in health facilities, 8,255 people participating in epidemic prevention, 1,478 people being the Border Guard, the Provincial Police, the Customs Department, the Provincial Military Command … In phase 1, Dak Lak province organized vaccination for more than 17,000 people Dak Lak province uses the existing expanded vaccination system of the province. In case of need, the Department of Health will mobilize state-owned, private and other immunization service establishments to participate in vaccination. Screening before injection In districts and cities close to each other, they are ready to support each other, mobilize human resources, medical equipment, medical facilities and supplies when unusual situations occur. After the above implementation period, the units actively carried out vector injection in the following days to achieve the target of over 95% of the priority subjects being injected. Medical staff are given priority to be vaccinated During the first injection session, there was no case of drug reaction that must be handled More than 17,000 people received Covid-19 vaccine in the first wave

Dr. Nguyen Huy Ngoc, Director of the Department of Health of Phu Tho, is testing the vaccine COVID-19 vaccination is done according to a one-way procedure, ensuring vaccination safety according to regulations and guidelines of the Ministry of Health. All injections are screened and monitored 30 minutes after injection, the health is now under good control. Dr. Le Quyet Thang – Department of Trauma 1, General Hospital of Phu Tho province said: “After the injection, my health is completely normal, I am very reassured to be vaccinated with Covid-19 and believe that along with the people’s awareness of prevention and fighting, vaccines will be an effective weapon to help protect the community from a pandemic ”. Covid vaccination site – 19 at Phu Tho Provincial General Hospital This COVID-19 vaccination series is the start of the largest-scale vaccination campaign ever with 9,900 injections carried out across the province to effectively prevent Covid-19 epidemic, contributing to protection, care and health improvement for people. The Department of Health of Phu Tho province has also advised the Provincial People’s Committee to issue the COVID-19 Vaccination Plan in Phu Tho Province, for the period of 2021-2022. Accordingly, the target of over 80% of the population of the province will be vaccinated with COVID-19 to ensure community immunity, of which over 95% of subjects are given priority under Resolution No. 21 / NQ-CP dated February 26. / 2021 of the Government on the purchase and use of COVID-19 vaccine with COVID-19 vaccine