The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities, asking them to calculate the number of children from 6 months old to under 5 years old to prepare a plan on COVID-19 vaccination for them when there are enough conditions and scientific basis.

VOV.VN - A shipment containing 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 and above arrived in Vietnam on September 22.

VOV.VN - A shipment of 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-10 vaccine arrived in Vietnam on September 14 to support the ongoing national vaccination campaign, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology reported.

VOV.VN - With increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases coupled with the emergence of sub-variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health has recently launched the V2K message (face masks, and disinfection) plus vaccinations, as part of wider COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

VOV.VN - Localities in Vietnam have logged as many as 179,011 dengue fever cases, including 70 deaths, since the beginning of an outbreak earlier this year, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) and UNICEF on August 29 jointly launched a back-to-school COVID-19 vaccination campaign to ensure children will feel safe when they return to school after a long summer holiday.

VOV.VN - There has been a growing number of COVID-19 cases in the country recorded in August, with many severe cases and unvaccinated deaths accounting for up to 25% of the total infections, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked ministries, agencies and localities to step up their coordination with the Ministry of Health to deal with urgent issues in the medical sector while addressing a national teleconference on August 21.

VOV.VN - The 20th international medical, hospital and pharmaceutical exhibition (Medi-pharm Expo) officially kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on August 11, attracting the participation of 260 enterprises from 20 countries and territories around the world.

The Ministry of Health has asked localities nationwide to monitor foreign arrivals from countries with monkeypox as an early response after infections were spotted in the region.