4th dose of Covid-19 vaccine for people in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee promulgates Plan 1591/KH-UBND on organizing the 4th dose of Covid-19 vaccination for people in the city.

The organization of four doses of Covid-19 vaccine is guaranteed to be safe, of good quality and on schedule according to regulations and guidance of the Ministry of Health.

It is expected that 03 subjects in the city will receive the 4th dose: People 50 and older; People 18 years of age or older with moderate to severe immunodeficiency; People in high-risk groups being exposed to Covid-19 (including health workers, frontline workers against the epidemic, workers and people working in industrial zones).

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The 4th dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be administered at the following locations:

- Hospitals, vaccination facilities for employees who are working or people undergoing inpatient treatment at the unit (including people residing in other provinces and cities receiving treatment).

- Mobile injection sites in the city.

- Inject at home for some cases of difficult or impossible to move to injection sites.

Ho Chi Minh City is expected to start the 4th dose as soon as the vaccine is provided by the Ministry of Health. The vaccine used is the mRNA vaccine (manufactured by Pfizer or Moderna), the vaccine produced by AstraZeneca and the vaccine of the same type as the 3rd dose.

For those have been infected with Covid-19, after receiving the first booster dose (the 3rd dose), the vaccination must be postponed for another 03 months since the date of Covid-19 infection. The interval between the 4th dose and 3rd dose must be at least 04 months.