COVID-19 infections drop by over 11,208, children aged 5-11 to be vaccinated next month
VOV.VN - The Health Ministry announced a further 91,916 new COVID-19 infections on March 27 across 61 cities and provinces nationwide, a drop of 11,208 cases from the previous day.
Among the new cases, a total of 62,043 of the transmissions were detected in the community.
The three localities suffering the highest number of fresh COVID-19 cases included Hanoi (10,522), Bac Giang (3,997), and Yen Bai (3,977).
In the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported that an additional 48 COVID-19 patients died, bringing the overall number of fatalities to 42,306, accounting for 0.5% of total infections.
The average death toll per day in Vietnam in the last seven days was 61.
In the latest wave that hit the country in late April last year, more than 9 million cases have been confirmed and over 5.3 million of them have recovered.
More than 205 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country to date.
The same day the Expanded Programme on Immunization announced that the Australian Government has pledged to provide the nation with around 13.7 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to vaccinate children aged between 5-11 early next month.
Earlier the Ministry of Health worked with the Australian Embassy in Vietnam on this issue, saying that with the vaccines will be allocated for vaccination as soon as they arrive.
The ministry and the programme have also been actively looking for vaccine support from international organizations such as USAID, COVAX Facility and the governments of other countries to secure additional 8-10 million doses to fully vaccinate children in this age group in the near future.