The Da Nang Department of Health has announced that the city will continue to roll out its COVID-19 vaccination programme in November to reach the most vulnerable people as part of the health service’s drive to protect the city from the virus continues. Vaccination continues to be the most effective way to protect clinically vulnerable groups from severe illness and hospitalization.

A healthcare profesional administering a Covid-19 vaccine to a woman in mask Photo: LE HUNG

Five and over in clinical risk groups will continue to be offered COVID-19 jabs.

A parallel announcement will roll out booster program for the over-50s and the over-18s who are moderately or severely immunocompromised along those at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, including healthcare workers, frontline staff (military and police personnel, teachers, employees in the transport industry, essential services, and tourism establishments).

Da Nang is now vaccinating the most at risk 5-11 year olds ensuring they get their vital dose of protection in addition to ensuring that all high-risk populations receive their top-up protection.

The Da Nang health sector has been working tirelessly to vaccinate those most at risk as quickly as possible in line with the direction from the national and municipal governments plus the Vietnamese Ministry of Health in a bid to secure effective vaccines and hit their target to protect those most at risk.

The health sector is working hard to encourage the remaining people who have yet to receive a vaccine or those who are eligible to get their first booster to come forward .

The vaccination programme continues to rapidly expand, with more vaccination centres across the city providing people with easy access to a vaccine, regardless of where they live.

The focus is on operating all types and sizes of vaccination clinics, including key considerations to maximize throughput at vaccination sites in large venues, drive-through vaccination clinics, and smaller-scale mobile vaccination venues.

The guidance from the national government and the Ministry of Health to local vaccination services remains that they should still offer the vaccine to each of the priority groups in the order set out by the Ministry of Health.

Under the regulations of the Ministry of Health, all vaccination sites must meet strict standards for storing and preserving the vaccines, be arranged to include designated areas for reception, waiting, clinical screening, vaccination rooms, post-injection monitoring rooms, and anaphylactic treatment rooms with one-way rule, be equipped with anaphylactic treatment boxes, and comply with epidemic prevention regulations.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by H.L