Vietnam's Covid-19 hotspot administers vaccine booster shots

Police officers were among the frontline workers to receive booster vaccine shots on Friday as Ho Chi Minh City began the booster drive. - Vietnam News/ANN

HO CHI MINH CITY, Dec. 10 (Xinhua): Vietnam's largest Covid-19 hotspot Ho Chi Minh City on Friday started administering extra vaccine shots for prioritised groups, being the first locality in the South-East Asian country to do so upon the health ministry's approval.

The booster Covid-19 shots were given to frontline forces including health workers, police, and military personnel.

The priority was also given to those aged 50 and above, and immunocompromised people who have been fully inoculated with the last shot of the normal course at least 28 days, Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday.