AGREE TO RECEIVE DONATED COVID-19 VACCINES FOR CHILDREN FROM 5 TO UNDER 12 YEARS OLD
This highlight content is prescribed by the Government on the Resolution No. 55/NQ-CP dated April 14, 2022, on COVID-19 vaccine for children aged from 5 years to under 12 years.
Specifically, the Government agrees with the proposal of the Ministry of Health on receiving the COVID-19 vaccine for children from 5 to under 12 years old that are donated from the Governments of other countries and international organizations for Vietnam. The Ministry of Health shall base on the epidemic situation, vaccination progress, vaccines available as aid, vaccines purchased commercially to determine and take responsibility for the quantity and type of vaccines that are received in aid or commercially purchased to ensure timeliness, safety, quality, and efficiency, according to the schedule; avoiding passive, without shortage or surplus of vaccines.
In case the commercial purchase of vaccine for children from 5 to under 12 years old is required, the Ministry of Health shall proactively determine and take responsibility for the quantity, time and types of vaccines to be purchased according to the schedule and report to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's permission for applying the method of selecting the contractor in special cases as specified in Article 26 of the Bidding Law with conditions under the Government’s Resolutions on the purchase of COVID-19 vaccine for adults is approved.
This Resolution takes effect on the date of its signing.
