(VOVWORLD) - Health care workers and others involved in fighting COVID-19, diplomats, and customs and immigration officers are among the priority groups in Vietnam’s vaccination plan.
The Ministry of Health has set forth a plan on the acquisition, preservation, distribution, and use of COVID-19 vaccines until 2022, with the support of the COVAX Facility - the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries.
Other groups included in the vaccination plan are army and police forces, teachers, people over 65, people who provide essential goods, people with chronic diseases, people who work or study abroad, and residents of pandemic-hit areas.
The vaccination will be implemented nationwide, from high risk to low risk areas. Vietnam expects to have 80% of its population vaccinated against COVID-19. However, the current supply will allow only 20% of the population to be vaccinated this year.