Vietnam PM urges faster Covid-19 vaccination in face of sub-variant BA.5


Students get vaccinated against Covid-19 in a school in Hanoi. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, July 3 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered faster administration of the third and fourth doses of Covid-19 vaccine as part of measures against the unpredictable pandemic situation, especially when the sub-variant BA.5 has appeared in Vietnam and raised the risk of a new wave of coronavirus infections.

According to the Government Office, to enhance pandemic control and create favourable conditions for socio-economic recovery and development, the Government leader has assigned Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam to continue directing the Ministry of Health, other ministries and sectors, and 63 provincial-level localities to drastically carry out anti-pandemic measures, especially accelerating Covid-19 vaccination.

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