HCM City resumes immunisation programmes for children
Routine immunisation of children has resumed in HCM City, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, after being temporarily halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC).
A child is vaccinated at a health facility in HCM City. (Photo of the HCM City Centre for Disease Control)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Routine immunisation of children has resumedin Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, after being temporarilyhalted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the HCM City Centre forDisease Control (HCDC).
HCDC earlier this month asked community health centres and health facilitiescitywide to resume the expanded immunisation programmes amid the decliningcases of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalisation, said Nguyen Hong Tam,deputy director of HCDC.
Parents and child caregivers must strictly implement COVID-19 preventivemeasures when visiting the health facilities for immunisation services, Tam saidat a meeting early this week.
Despite a wide disruption in the delivery and uptake of immunisation servicescaused by the COVID-19 pandemic, immunisation services for infants have beenmaintained at obstetrics hospitals, including vaccines against tuberculosis andhepatitis B.
HCDC regularly supplies vaccines against tuberculosis and hepatitis B andclosely monitors the delivery of these vaccines.
The delayed vaccination schedules for one or several months will not largelyaffect a child’s immunity, he said.
He called on parents to take their children to health facilities to completeroutine immunisations.
As of October 10, the city had administered more than 7.06 million first dosesof the COVID-19 vaccine and 5.22 million second doses, according to HCDC./.
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A child is vaccinated at a health facility in HCM City. (Photo of the HCM City Centre for Disease Control) 
