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2 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive in Vietnam this weekend

Two million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, assisted by the US, are scheduled to arrive in Vietnam this weekend, the Health Ministry announced on July 8.
2 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive in Vietnam this weekend ảnh 1Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (Photo: Reuters)
Hanoi (VNA) – Two million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, assistedby the US, are scheduled to arrive in Vietnam this weekend, the Health Ministryannounced on July 8.

This is part of the 80 million doses that US President JoeBiden has committed to supporting the world, and they are the first doses sentto Southeast Asia.

Moderna, also known as Spikevax, was approved by the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO) on April 30.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health granted conditional approval for the vaccinefor emergency use in the country in late June.

Under the approval decision, the vaccine comes in doses of0.5ml of mRNA molecules protected by lipid nanoparticles SM-102. It is suppliedin a carton of 10 multiple-dose vials, with each vial containing 10 doses.

This is the fifth vaccine conditionally authorised foremergency use by the ministry, following Oxford/AstraZeneca, Sputnik V,Sinopharm’s Vero-Cell and Pfizer/BioNTech.

As of July 7, Vietnam had administered over 3.96 millionCOVID-19 vaccine doses.

The country has to date received nearly 5 million doses,including nearly 2.5 million doses committed by COVAX, and 2 million presentedby other governments./.
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