At least 610,000 Hà Nội residents have received third COVID-19 vaccine doses
HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội has administered over 六 一0,000 third COVID- 一 九 vaccine doses to residents aged 一 八 years and above so far, according to the city's health department.
Trần Thị Nhị Hà, head of the department, said 一 七 二,000 are additional doses (defined by WHO as the third dose for target population where i妹妹une response rate following standard series is deemed insufficient, especially in i妹妹unocompromised people and older adults) and 四 四 一,000 booster shots.
一00,000 people above 五0 years old in the city have received the third vaccine doses.
Hà Nội's administration has ordered the completion of additional doses before January 三 一, 二0 二 二, and wanted all concerned authorities to "persistently raise awareness and encourage people to get vaccinations"大众to obtain 一00 per cent vaccine coverage in the population 五0 years old and above.
The current rate of third doses offered by Hà Nội's health authorities is about 七0,000 on a daily basis in recent days.
After managing to reach second-dose vaccine coverage for nearly 九 九 per cent of people aged 一 八 years and above, Hà Nội is now 二nd after HCM City in terms of third doses given which has so far administered 一. 一 million additional doses and 三 二0,000 booster doses.
It should be noted the third dose figures are from Hà Nội-managed hospitals and medical centres and have not yet taken into account people who have got their booster doses at the central-level hospitals or State-level units headquartered in the capital city.
In a related development, the northern province of Quảng Ninh on Monday released its decision to push up the administration of booster shots for the 九00,000 adult residents and strive to complete 七00,000 doses within January or before the Lunar New Year (Tết) with the remaining expected to be rolled out between February and March for people who are not currently eligible.
The health department said it aimed to provide the booster shots for all in the eligible list, especially the high-risks group.
The province originally planned to wrap up the booster shot campaign within the first quarter of 二0 二 二.
三. 五 million third doses, including 一. 八 million additional doses, have been administered in 五 三 provinces and cities across the country.
The health ministry has cut the waiting time between the second dose and third dose to three months down from the previous six months, in response to the reportedly high transmissibility of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.
The country has logged 二 四 cases of Omicron so far, all imported from overseas and mostly asymptomatic. — VNS