Hanoi deploys expanded vaccination catch-up vaccination

The number of vaccines received includes: 17,400 doses of combined diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus (DPT) vaccine; 8,900 doses of "5 in 1" vaccine (preventing 5 diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B, pneumonia/purulent meningitis caused by Hib bacteria); 10,400 doses of measles vaccine; 4,000 doses of measles-rubella (MR) vaccine; 25,000 doses of hepatitis B vaccine.

Hanoi and localities deploy vaccination for children in expanded immunization, after a period of vaccine shortage.

After receiving the vaccine, the Hanoi Center for Disease Control has distributed it to 30/30 districts, towns and cities in the city to vaccinate children. According to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control, with 8,900 doses of the "5 in 1" vaccine received, Hanoi will have enough vaccine to vaccinate children until mid-April. Recently, Hanoi recorded a case of whooping cough in a 6-week-old girl in Dan Phuong District.

According to the national expanded immunization program, additional vaccines are provided for regular vaccination, to compensate for children whose vaccinations have been delayed due to months of vaccine shortages. Thereby, to control the risk of increased winter-spring epidemics, especially dangerous infectious diseases in young children such as measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, etc.

Experts from the National Expanded Immunization Program and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology have conducted monitoring and support sessions on vaccination safety for provinces and cities. Accordingly, in cases where the number of children needing vaccination increases, localities will increase the number of vaccination sessions per month, not increasing the number of children in each vaccination session to ensure adequate screening, monitoring of post-vaccination reactions, and timely treatment if there are severe reactions.

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