Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City sets up working group to buy Covid-19 vaccines as cases still rising and total hits 10,538


A health worker disinfects a secondary school as part of measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus in Hanoi on June 11, 2021. - AFP

HO CHI MINH CITY, June 13 (Vietnam News/ANN): HCM City authorities have set up a working team responsible for buying Covid-19 vaccines for at least two-thirds of its population by year-end, said Nguyen Thanh Phong, the chairman of the People’s Committee.

Speaking about the city’s economic development in the first five months of the year, Phong said the city would speed up the vaccination drive by encouraging the business community to connect with suppliers.

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