Nghe An province disagrees with the proposal to allow outsiders to enter Vinh city for vaccination.

On the morning of August 29, a leader of the Nghe An Department of Health said that the unit had sent a response letter to Vinh City regarding the organization of vaccination for people outside the city.

Accordingly, Nghe An Department of Health agreedOption 2According to the proposal of Vinh City People's Committee, the Department of Health will transfer vaccines to cases where agencies and units cannot go to vaccination sites in Vinh City as planned and need to transfer the vaccination site to a medical center or appropriate medical facility in the districts and towns.

To date, Nghe An province has administered 167,228 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, of which more than 23,000 people have received two doses. Photo: Tien Hung

The Department of Health will direct the vaccination points to coordinate with agencies and units to transfer vaccinations to districts and towns to promptly regulate vaccines according to regulations.

On the same morning, the Provincial People's Committee issued a document agreeing with the proposal of the Department of Health.

Official dispatch of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on transferring vaccines to implement vaccination in the complicated situation of Covid-19 epidemic.

To date, Nghe An province has administered 167,228 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, of which more than 23,000 people have received two doses..Currently, Nghe An province is implementing a new vaccination campaign, in which many people are facing difficulties living in districts and towns such as Cua Lo, Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc... who are due for the second injection but cannot pass through the checkpoint to get into Vinh city to get vaccinated.

Faced with this situation, Vinh City has proposed two options. The first option is to allow people who have been vaccinated to enter the city with the principle of “one route, two destinations”, and have a negative test result within 24 hours.

According to statistics on the National Immunization Portal, as of the morning of August 29, more than 19.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been vaccinated nationwide. Of which, the 10 localities with the highest vaccination rates are Bac Giang, Dong Thap, Binh Phuoc, Soc Trang, Vinh Long, Ca Mau, Bac Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, Dien Bien, Lam Dong.

The Ministry of Health plans to allocate nearly 4.3 million doses of vaccine to Nghe An from now until the end of 2021. That means 2.15 million Nghe An residents will complete Covid-19 vaccination this year (equivalent to 92% of the total population aged 18 and over). However, to date, Nghe An has only been allocated more than 190,000 doses of vaccine.