Da Nang to vaccinate high school students late this month
Vice Chairwoman of the Da Nang People’s Committee Ngo Thi Kim Yen has asked the municipal health and education departments to build a plan to vaccinate students aged from 15 to under 18 with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on October 26 – 29.
A poster on the Ministry of Health's 5K message for COVID-19 prevention and control at a public site in Da Nang (Source: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) – Vice Chairwoman of the Da NangPeople’s Committee Ngo Thi Kim Yen has asked the municipal health andeducation departments to build a plan to vaccinate students aged from 15 to under 18with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on October 26 – 29.
At a meeting of the central city’s Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control on October 22, she said that accordingto the education and training department’s plan, first-, ninth- and twelfth- graders will goback to school on November 1, with all students following suit on November 8.
Yen said the city will receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizervaccine in the near future.
At the meeting, the committee reported that Da Nang posted no new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours to 1pm on October 22.
As from July 10 to date, the city logged 4,692 infections,with 8,768 people tested for COVID-19 on October 22.
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A poster on the Ministry of Health's 5K message for COVID-19 prevention and control at a public site in Da Nang (Source: VNA) 
