Nearly 17,000 children aged 1-5 in Ho Chi Minh City got measles jabs from August 31 to September 2 as the city recently declared the contagious and serious airborne disease an epidemic. Under the vaccination campaign carried out in 22 districts and Thu Duc city, 6,821 more children will be vaccinated on September 4. The vaccination process has been carried out in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s regulations, according to the city’s Centre for Disease Control.

Source: Vietnam News Agency