In the past 12 months, Vietnam has **done** an excellent job of transitioning to what we call sustained management of Covid-19, which is about balancing **health** and economic development with the public health measures needed to protect the vulnerable and ensure health services aren't overwhelmed. And it's important to remember that Vietnam was **able** to achieve this transition so well, in large part because of the high coverage of the Covid-19 primary vaccination doses across the country.

But unfortunately, the pandemic isn't completely **over** yet. People are still being infected, hospitalized - and dying - all over the world. People **who** have the virus, sometimes without knowing it, are still infecting **others** - including sometimes people who are most vulnerable to severe illness, such as the elderly and those with **underlying** health conditions. And while the virus is circulating anywhere, all of us still face **some** risks: because ongoing transmission anywhere heightens the **risk** of dangerous new variants emerging, and with them, new surges in case - which will **make** more people sick, and increase pressure on health services and hard-working health staff.

The good news is that we have never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 **pandemic**. And even better, there is something that we can all do, right now, to help contribute to this goal: ensure that everyone in Vietnam who is eligible to be vaccinated - and boosted - has had their vaccines.