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Ba Ria-Vung Tau to vaccinate children from November 12

VGP – The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will start to vaccinate children aged 12-17 from November 12, according the provincial Department of Health’s latest plan.

November 10, 2021 3:24 PM GMT+7

As many as 118,913 adolescents in the locality will be inoculated with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from November 12-14.

Earlier, 12 other localities have rolled out vaccination campaign for the 12-17 age group, namely Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Lao Cai, Da Nang, Thua Thien-Hue, Ho Chi Minh City, Ca Mau, Binh Duong, Vinh Long, Dong Nai, Kien Giang, Soc Trang with over 1 million doses administered. 

Children under 18 account for around 17 percent of all COVID-19 infections in Viet Nam, according to data from the health ministry./.

By Khanh Phuong