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HCMC health department peeved with medical workers refusing Covid shot for their children

HCMC health department peeved with medical workers refusing Covid shot for their children

HCMC health authorities are hoping to change the minds of 579 medical workers who have refused to get their children studying in schools in District 1 vaccinated against Covid-19.
Vietnam plans to immunize 6-month-old babies against Covid

Vietnam plans to immunize 6-month-old babies against Covid

3rd Covid shot after 3 months, not 6, says ministry

3rd Covid shot after 3 months, not 6, says ministry

Halt recruiting laborers yet to be fully jabbed, Hai Phong orders

Halt recruiting laborers yet to be fully jabbed, Hai Phong orders

Fearing a complex outbreak, Vietnam's northern port city of Hai Phong has suspended recruitment of people who have not been double-vaccinated against Covid-19.
December 11, 2021 | 04:00 am PT
Human trials for Vietnamese Covid vaccine suspended

Human trials for Vietnamese Covid vaccine suspended

The third phase trial of a Vietnamese Covid-19 vaccine has been suspended over difficulties in finding volunteers, a senior scientist has announced.
November 30, 2021 | 05:46 pm PT
Vietnam receives 5 mln vaccine doses

Vietnam receives 5 mln vaccine doses

Vietnam has received around 5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from different countries the past week.
November 28, 2021 | 10:06 pm PT
Covid-19 vaccination rate sluggish as provinces await supplies

Covid-19 vaccination rate sluggish as provinces await supplies

Vietnam's target of vaccinating all adults in 2021 looks difficult now with many provinces unlikely to achieve the target because they lack vaccine doses.
November 24, 2021 | 05:00 pm PT
Hanoi begins Covid vaccination for 15-17 age group

Hanoi begins Covid vaccination for 15-17 age group

Hanoi has begun vaccinating people aged 15-17 against Covid-19 starting Tuesday, its Department of Health announced.
November 22, 2021 | 07:26 pm PT
Provinces blame low vaccination rates on low vaccine supply

Provinces blame low vaccination rates on low vaccine supply

While the health ministry has complained about low vaccination rates in certain localities, local authorities say the problem is actually a lack of distributed doses.
November 17, 2021 | 04:00 pm PT
Austria gifts Vietnam 50,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses

Austria gifts Vietnam 50,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses

Vietnam's Health Ministry Tuesday accepted 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine donated by Austria.
November 16, 2021 | 04:46 am PT
Australia pledges another 2.6 mln vaccine doses

Australia pledges another 2.6 mln vaccine doses

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne told PM Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi Tuesday that Australia would give Vietnam another 2.6 million Covid-19 vaccine does.
November 9, 2021 | 05:26 pm PT
India could ship vaccines to Covax in a few weeks, say sources

India could ship vaccines to Covax in a few weeks, say sources

India could resume deliveries of Covid-19 shots to global vaccine-sharing platform Covax in a few weeks for the first time since April, two health industry sources said, ending a suspension of supplies that has hurt poor countries.
November 8, 2021 | 11:27 pm PT
Health ministry plans Covid booster shots at year's end

Health ministry plans Covid booster shots at year's end

Vietnam plans to begin giving Covid-19 booster shots either at the end of 2021 or early 2022, health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said Monday.
November 8, 2021 | 06:41 pm PT
Covax to give Vietnam 9.2 million more vaccine doses

Covax to give Vietnam 9.2 million more vaccine doses

The Covax facility has pledged to allocate Vietnam an additional 9.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, comprising 8.2 million Pfizer and one million Moderna doses.
November 3, 2021 | 09:30 pm PT
Booster shots recommended after six months: experts

Booster shots recommended after six months: experts

Efficacy of the second Covid-19 vaccine shot would gradually drop after six months, requiring a third to prevent infection, experts warned.
November 3, 2021 | 04:47 pm PT
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