After 2 days administering vaccines to the students from 12 to below 15 years old, the students are in good health condition. Some had normal reaction such as pain at the site of infection, light fever or tiredness. No hypersensitivity reaction or anaphylactic shock after vaccination was reported.

Providing Covid-19 vaccines to the students of Bac Giang High School for Gifted Students.

In order to ensure students’ safety, 97.2 percent of students from 15 to below 18 in Bac Giang province have received one vaccine shot.

To date, 99.2 percent of population from 18 in the province have been administered 1 vaccine dose and 63.2 percent got 2 vaccine shots against Covid-19.

According to the Department of Health, those who have not been vaccinated are mainly old people and patients of chronic and acute diseases advised to postpone vaccination.

In coming days, the districts and city will pay high attention to accelerating administration of the 2nd vaccine shots to those who have got one vaccine dose and students from 12 to below 15 ensuring safety.

Bac Giang province is making plan for providing the 3rd vaccine shot to the citizens in coming time.

Nine Covid-19 vaccines approved in Vietnam

Vietnam has approved nine Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.

First foreign visitors under vaccine passport scheme enjoy Hoi An tour

After testing negative for Covid-19, the first foreign visitors under the pilot “vaccine passport” programme took a tour around Hoi An Ancient Town in the south-central province of Quang Nam on November 21.

90.5 percent of Bac Giang population aged over 18 receive one Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO) – As of 2pm on November 15, Bac Giang province administered 1,515,523 Covid-19 vaccine doses, including 1,152,371 first shot and 363,152 second one. Thus, 90.5 percent of local population aged over 18 received at least one vaccine shot while 28.53 percent of adults were fully vaccinated.

Hanoi shortens time between two AstraZeneca vaccine jabs

The Hanoi Department of Health has agreed to reduce the waiting time between two AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shots to four weeks from eight.

JICA provides Vietnam with 1,600 cold boxes to preserve vaccines

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) presented 1,600 cold boxes for vaccine preservation as well as temperature monitoring equipment worth a total of JPY100 million (US$877,000) to the Vietnam National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) on November 12.