Under instructions of the Da Nang People's Committee, the local healthcare sector and relevant agencies are jointly running vaccination administration against COVID-19 from June 11 to 14 for Da Nang children aged 5 -11 currently residing in the city. They include children who are either attending school or not, along with foreigners and overseas Vietnamese.

Vaccination is carried out according to the plans, with special attention paid to pre-inoculation health screening of children and vaccination counseling guides.

The next phase of vaccination rollouts is scheduled to run from July 1 to 3.

The vaccination administration is being carried out at the Tien Son Sports Arena, the  culture and information centres of Thanh Khe and Son Tra districts, Western Dormitory and Da Nang Paediatrics and Maternity Hospital.

One of the requirements to which units and establishments must pay special attention is to perform pre-injection screening under the guidance of the Ministry of Health.

In particular, it is noted that carefully exploiting the child's COVID-19 contraction history during screening and having an indication to delay vaccination after 3 months of illness according to the instructions.

The monitoring and handling of adverse events after vaccination against COVID-19 need special attention.

Accordingly, after vaccination, children need to be monitored for at least 30 minutes right at the vaccination site.

Health staff shall instruct parents and guardians to closely monitor the vaccinated at home within 24 hours and continue monitoring within 28 days after inoculation, especially within the first 7 days after vaccinations, on signs of general condition, mental, eating, sleeping, breathing, rash, symptoms at injection sites.

The common side effects of the Moderna vaccine include lymph node swelling, headaches, nausea, muscle and joint pains, injection site pain, chills, fevers, swelling and/or rashes at the injection site, according to the ministry.

Meanwhile, diarrhoea, rashes, and dermographic urticaria are common side effects at injection sites.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by A.THU