The vaccination campaign will be held simultaneously at the end of October 2021. Vaccines are provided and given free of charge to children aged 12-17 years old in public and non-public schools, social protection establishments and localities.
The province will use vaccines approved by the Ministry of Health for use in children aged 12-17, according to the instructions of the manufacturer and the Ministry of Health. The vaccine uses 02 basic doses/subject and injected with the same vaccine.
Through the review, the province expects about 180,000 children aged 12-17 to be vaccinated, with 360,000 doses of vaccine.
Organizing injections in the form of short-term vaccination campaign. Deploying simultaneously in the appropriate areas: Schools, social protection facilities, especially children who do not go to school will be vaccinated at the district medical center or commune health station. Schools and social protection establishments invite and mobilize subjects (according to the previous survey list) to vaccinate against Covid-19 according to the time frames of the day to ensure the criteria for pandemic prevention and control and minimize the waste of vaccines.
Expected demand for Covid-19 vaccine at schools and units in Binh Duong province:
No. | Locality/ Facility | Expected number of subjects (person) | Expected number of vaccines (dose) |
1 | Thu Dau Mot Education Division | 33,151 | 66,302 |
2 | Thuan An Education Division | 25,248 | 50,496 |
3 | Di An Education Division | 24,229 | 48,458 |
4 | Tan Uyen Education Division | 18,789 | 37,578 |
5 | Bac Tan Uyen Education Division | 3,730 | 7,460 |
6 | Ben Cat Education Division | 15,150 | 30,300 |
7 | Bau Bang Education Division | 5,856 | 11,712 |
8 | Phu Giao Education Division | 9,920 | 19,840 |
9 | Dau Tieng Education Division | 8,313 | 16,626 |
10 | Social Protection Facility - Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs | 252 | 504 |
11 | Vocational Education Institution - Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs | 6,707 | 13,414 |
12 | Children not going to school and others | 28,655 | 57,310 |
Total | 180,000 | 360,000 |
According to the Department of Health, on October 31 and November 01, 2021, Binh Duong will organize vaccination for children aged 15-17 in public and non-public schools, social protection facilities and localities in the province. Organizing vaccination for the remaining on November 02, 2021. The type of vaccine used is Pfizer (Comirnaty) of phase 70, vaccines are purchased from the state budget and the expanded vaccination project. It is expected that about 58,500 children aged 15-17 will be vaccinated in this phase.
Reported by Phuong Chi-Translated by Nguyen Trang