Ministry of Health: Facilities for COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam

Le Hai

15:48, 05/03/2021

Recently, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued Decision 1464/QD-BYT in 2021 on guidelines for receiving, preserving, distributing and using COVID-19 vaccine.

According to Vietnam's Decision 1464/QD-BYT, immunization facilities include:

Central, provincial hospitals, district hospitals and medical centers;
Medical stations of communes;
Hospitals, infirmaries, medical facilities, etc. affiliated to ministries;
Immunization service providers;
Other facilities mobilized by Departments of Health to provide immunization according to local plans.

In addition, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam also requires:

For facilities eligible for providing immunization, Disease Control and Prevention Centers of province sand cities shall provide guidelines on organization of immunization as per the law.
For medical facilities ineligible for providing immunization, Departments of Health of Vietnam shall direct implementation of mobile immunization facilities eligible for providing immunization to execute local plans.

More detail can be found in Vietnam's Decision 1464/QD-BYT, effective from March 5, 2021.

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