All children aged 5-11 should be vaccinated against Covid-19 within the second quarter, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the health ministry.

54,995 new Covid-19 cases, 39 more deaths reported on Tuesday.

Ho Chi Minh City is to vaccinate all children aged 5 to 12 against Covid-19 by this September, according to an urgent plan by the municipal People’s Committee on the work.

Covid-19 new cases in Vietnam on April 4 afternoon. 

Medical agencies have been asked to build a specific Covid-19 prevention and control plan corresponding with that of regional countries, in preparation for the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).