NDO –Vietnam will start COVID-19 vaccination for children aged between 5 and 11 years old from the second week of April 2022, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest instruction on the COVID-19 inoculations for children.

The Ministry of Health stated that the COVID-19 vaccine for children will arrive in Vietnam in several days and the vaccination will be implemented right after the testing and certification procedures for the vaccine are completed.

The ministry also asked Health Departments of provinces and cities to accelerate the vaccination of booster doses for adults in order to stand ready to conduct the vaccination campaign for children.

The free inoculations of children will be implemented at both fixed and mobile injection sites as well as at schools where children are attending in-person learning.

The Health Ministry also asked localities to make a list of 5-11-year-old children to be administered against COVID-19.

The Ministry of Health estimated to buy 21.9 million doses of vaccine for 5-11-year-old children. The ministry noted that the Australian government pledged to donate about 13.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam to inject children aged between 5 and 11, with the first batch of vaccine set to be shipped to Vietnam in early April.