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One million AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan arrive in HCM City

The latest batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Japanese Government landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 16 morning.
One million AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan arrive in HCM City ảnh 1AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines unloaded from a Japanese aircraft at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, HCM City. (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)

HCMCity (VNA) - The latest batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinedonated by the Japanese Government landed at Tan Son Nhat InternationalAirport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 16 morning.

The batch of AstraZenecavaccine, manufactured in Japan and announced by Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on July 13, brought the total volume of COVID-19 vaccine granted to Vietnam to nearly 3 million doses in just a month after the first shipment on June 15.

Japan always wants to helpVietnam overcome this challenge, reads an announcement from theJapanese Consulate General in HCM City regarding the delivery of the batch, as Vietnamis dealing with the intense fourth wave of infections that have resulted innearly 40,000 cases since late April.

A total of 4,185,623COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered toVietnamese people so far, with 3,890,947 people getting thefirst shot and 294,676 others fully receiving two jabs./.

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