Instructions for the third dose of the vaccine for people who have been vaccinated with Vero Cell
The Ministry of Health has instructed that localities can use AstraZeneca, Vero Cell or mRNA vaccines to inject additional doses for subjects who have received the primary dose of Vero Cell vaccine.
The Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health has just sent an urgent dispatch to the Departments of Health and Centers for Disease Control of provinces and cities regarding the use of AstraZeneca vaccine for additional injections for people who have beenvaccinationVero Cell.
According to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that the same type of vaccine should be used in the vaccination regimen. However, according to the updated recommendation on December 16, 2021, inactivated vaccines can be used in combination with other vaccines.
“Accordingly, the Vero cell vaccine (Sinopharm) can be used in combination with a viral vector vaccine (AstraZeneca) or an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer/Moderna),” the urgent dispatch of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology stated.
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| Covid-19 vaccination in Nghe An. Photo courtesy of Tien Hung |
Therefore, in order to effectively use the Covid-19 vaccine and ensure early coverage of additional injections for those who have been vaccinated with the Vero Cell (Sinopharm) vaccine, based on the availability of Covid-19 vaccines in the locality, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology recommends that localities can use the AstraZeneca, Vero Cell (Sinopharm) or mRNA vaccines to inject additional doses for those who have been vaccinated with the primary dose of the Vero Cell vaccine.
Localities organize to ensure vaccination safety and report vaccination results according to regulations.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Health, to date, the total number of vaccine doses administered in our country is 157,740,557 doses. Of which, the first dose is 78,146,683 doses, the second dose is 70,529,369 doses, and the third dose (supplemental/booster injection and the third dose of the Abdala vaccine) is 9,064,505 doses.
The Ministry also issued a decision to amend and supplement the guidelines for organizing Covid-19 vaccination sessions. Specifically, the Covid-19 vaccination certificate will have 3 sections. When people are vaccinated, they will be issued a vaccination certificate with details of the injections.
