HCM City speeds up COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has allotted 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to local hospitals to inoculate women over-13 weeks pregnant after the Ministry of Health (MoH) granted permission to vaccinate this group against the pandemic.
Pregnant women are known to be among the groups of people that must be cautious while receiving COVID-19 vaccines. They are required to strictly follow the MoH’s guidelines to avoid issues related to vaccination.
This group were previously not permitted to get injected against the virus, but the MoH recently approved the scheme after weighing the pros and cons of the vaccination for pregnant women, according to Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai, representative of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health.
Regarding the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the southern city, Mai noted that the locality currently has 90 facilities offering intensive care and treatment to severe and critically ill patients.
The number of ICU beds is able to provide emergency and timely treatment for severely-ill COVID-19 patients in the locality, she said.
Thanks to these ICUs, the number of death toll caused by COVID-19 has fallen considerably in the city, she added.
