Tuesday, 15/10/2024 11:52 (GMT+7)
A measles vaccination campaign was launched in Hanoi on October 14.
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Children wait for medical checkups ahead of getting measles vaccination in Hoai Duc district. (Photo: VOV)
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The vaccination campaign is being carried out in the districts and town of Long Bien, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Hoai Duc, Son Tay and Thach That.
The remaining localities will carry out vaccinations until November 15.
As many as 70,000 people will get measles jabs in this campaign, including children aged 1-5 living in the city and healthcare workers at risk of exposure to the virus who have not received full vaccine dosage.
The campaign's goal is that over 95 per cent of children aged one to five, living and studying in Hanoi, and over 95 per cent of health workers working at treatment facilities with measles patients, who have not received the full dose of vaccine as prescribed, will receive one dose of the measles-rubella (MR) vaccine./.
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