What did the Department of Health leader say about 'the rate of basic vaccination in Nghe An is the 3rd lowest in the country'?

On the morning of January 17, Mr. Tran Minh Tue - Deputy Director of Nghe An Department of Health said that this unit has just sent a document reporting the results of COVID-19 vaccination to the Ministry of Health; Department of Preventive Medicine; Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology; National Expanded Immunization Program; Northern Expanded Immunization Program, requesting to review and adjust the data and vaccination rate in accordance with the actual situation of the locality.

This move came after the Ministry of Health issued a telegram reminding some localities with low basic vaccination rates. According to the Ministry of Health, the rate of basic vaccination of citizens aged 18 and over in Nghe An is only 76.8%, the third lowest in the country.

According to Mr. Tran Minh Tue, this data is not accurate. “Currently, the whole Nghe An province has 1,975,533 people over 18 years old who have received the basic vaccination. Corresponding to a rate of 108%,” Mr. Tue said, explaining that the rate exceeding 100% is due to the huge population movement in Nghe An.

The rate of basic vaccination for people aged 18 and over in Nghe An has exceeded 100%. Photo: Tien Hung

To date, Nghe An has administered a total of more than 5.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. For children aged 12 to 17, the province has screened more than 270,000 people. To date, the first injection rate for this group has reached 99%, and the second injection rate is 70.7%. It is expected that by January 20, Nghe An will complete the second injection coverage for children aged 12 to 17.

In addition, Nghe An has also given additional doses to 340,260 people and booster doses to 120,181 people.

Previously, on January 14, the Ministry of Health sent a dispatch on strengthening COVID-19 vaccination to the Departments of Health of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Giang, Cao Bang, and Son La provinces.

According to the Ministry of Health, by the end of January 12, most localities had completed basic vaccination for the group of subjects aged 18 and over and were actively implementing vaccination for children aged 12-17, supplementary doses, and booster doses. The coverage rate of at least 1 dose of vaccine for children aged 12-17 was 90.1% and for those aged 18 and over was nearly 100%; the coverage rate of basic doses for these two groups was 69.5% and 93.4%, respectively. However, there are currently some localities where the basic vaccination coverage rate for the population aged 18 and over is still low. Specifically, according to the Ministry of Health, the localities with the lowest rate are Son La with 75.4%, Ha Giang 76.3%, Nghe An 76.8%...

Also in this dispatch, the Ministry of Health requested the Health Departments of these provinces to review to ensure that no unvaccinated subjects and subjects who have not received enough basic doses are left out for catch-up vaccination, to vaccinate enough doses for subjects aged 12 and older, and to ensure vaccination safety....