A medical worker at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases gets an AstraZeneca shot. (Photo: VNA)The Ministry of Health encourages all eligible enterprises to negotiate withsuppliers for vaccine imports in order to help the nation ward off thecoronavirus.
To date, Vietnam has secured several supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, includingsupport from COVAX Facility – a mechanism set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Global Alliance on Vaccinesand Immunization (GAVI), UNICEF, the Coalitionfor Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and manufacturers andpartners for the development of vaccines to ensure that allcountries have fair and effective access to vaccines.
According to an announcement from UNICEF, the COVAX Facility has committed tosupplying Vietnam with 30 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine this year, withthe first batch of 1.37 million doses expected to arrive on March 25, while thesecond with 2.8 million doses on April 25. The remaining 25.9 million doseswill be transported to the Southeast Asian country from August to November.
A cold storage facility for COVID-19 vaccine in Hai Ba Trung district. (Photo: VNA)As many as 955 AstraZeneca vaccine shots were given to frontline medicalworkers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Duong and Gia Lai during March 8-10.They were part of the Vietnam’s first batch of 117,600 doses of the AstraZenecavaccine that arrived late last month./.
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