Vietnam to boost Covid-19 vaccination rate


A health worker gives vaccine information to a member of the public in Hanoi. - VNA/VNS

HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnam has called for an intensified effort in Covid-19 vaccinations by provincial and municipal health sectors, local media reported on Tuesday (April 18).

The country's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has allocated 832,900 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to all 63 provinces and cities nationwide, local newspaper Vietnam News reported.

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