More than 80% of primary school parents agree to have their children vaccinated against COVID-19

On the afternoon of March 17, Mr. Trinh Duy Trong, Head of the Department of Politics and Thought, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, said that the consensus rate of parents about vaccination for children at preschool level was 60.49%; Primary and lower secondary schools (grade 6) had a higher percentage of parents giving consent, 81.19% and 87.68%, respectively.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training is implementing the best preparation so that when there is a plan of the City People’s Committee, it will organize injections for children 5-11 years old. “We continue to organize propaganda and mobilize parents to understand the effects and benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine, the prevention of post-injection incidents.”Mr. Trong said.

Regarding the concern that children who do not receive vaccines will have their learning rights affected, Mr. Trong said that students receiving vaccines and participating in learning are two completely independent activities. For children who have not been vaccinated, the education sector will take care to best protect them, not restrict their participation in learning..

In order to ensure the safety of children, right from the beginning of March, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City organized 7 training courses for medical staff, medical staff of injection teams, Thu Duc City Medical Center and districts. locality. At the training session, experts from Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital, Children 1, and Children 2 were instructed on pre-vaccination screening, monitoring and management of anaphylaxis after vaccination.

Health officials and staff also have access to emergency treatment at the vaccination site and the referral process for children with indications for injection at the hospital and transfer to the hospital when a reaction occurs after the injection.

In addition, teachers and medical staff at educational institutions in Ho Chi Minh City were also trained by the health sector on how to use the COVID-19 vaccination system and the process of organizing a COVID-19 vaccination session. -19 for children 5 – 11 years old. Up to now, teachers and medical staff have clearly understood the process of a vaccination session, how to input data on the vaccination system such as: How to log in to the system, create and edit object information, schedule injections. , enter vaccination results, list of entered children and vaccination results by school.