Latest policy: Recommended recipients and delivery schedule of COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam during 2021

 After assessment and approval of the first vaccine protecting against Covid-19 to be delivered in Vietnam, the Ministry of Health issues the Decision No. 1210/QD-BYT, approving the Plan to receive, preserve, allocate and use COVID-19 vaccines secured through the COVAX Facility for the 2021-2022 period. In this Plan, the recommended vaccine delivery schedule in 2021 is informed.

This schedule is shown in the Appendix I to the Decision No. 1210 as follows:

1. 1^st Quarter/2021:

- Quantity:  Approximately 1.2 million of doses for about 600,000 persons.

- Beneficiaries:

No.	Prioritized population	Estimated number of persons	Vaccination rate	Number of recipients
1	Health workers	500,000	0.95	475,000
2	Staff engaged in disease prevention and control activities	116,000	0.95	110,200
Total		616,000		585,200

 

2^nd Quarter/2021:

- Quantity:  COVAX will supply approximately 3.6 million of doses for about 1.8 million of persons.

- Beneficiaries:

No.	Prioritized population	Estimated number of persons	Vaccination rate	Number of recipients
1	Customs officers	9,200	0.95	8.740
2	Diplomatic officers	4,080	0.95	3,876
3	Military force	1,027,000	0.95	975,650
4	Police	304,000	0.95	288,800
5	Teachers	550,000	0.95	522,500
				1,799,566

 

3. 3^rdand 4^th Quarter/2021:

According to a notice, COVAX Facility is securing vaccines to be delivered to countries for vaccination of 20% of population at maximum. COVAX Facility plans to secure the rest as of the third quarter of 2021, specifically as follows:

- Quantity:  Approximately 33 million of doses for about 16 million of persons.

- Beneficiaries:

No.	Prioritized population	Estimated number of persons	Vaccination rate	Number of recipients
1	Teachers	750,000	0.95	712,500
2	Persons aged more than 65 years	7,600,000	0.95	7,220,000
3	Persons rendering essential services, such as customs, diplomacy, aviation, transport and tourism	1,930,000	0.95	1,833,500
4	Adults with chronic conditions	7,000,000	0.95	6,650,000
Total		17,280,000		16,416,000

 

In addition, the Decision populations needing to be vaccinated that are arranged in priority order, depending on epidemic situations and in the context of limited vaccines available in Vietnam, including:

- Health workers.

- Staff engaged in disease prevention and control activities (e.g. steering committees at all levels, staff working at quarantine zones, reporters, etc.)

- Diplomatic, customs staff and immigration officers.

- Military force.

- Police.

- Teachers.

- Persons aged more than 65 years.

- Persons rendering essential services, such as aviation, transport and tourism; electricity, water supply,…

- Persons with chronic conditions.

- People wishing to take business trips, study or work abroad.

- People living in epidemic hit areas that are identified based on epidemiologic studies.

>>> Reading in Vietnamese: Mới: Đối tượng và Lộ trình dự kiến sử dụng Vắc xin COVID-19 tại Việt Nam năm 2021