In Thailand (Photo: AFP) Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesia and the Philippines have received more COVID-19 vaccine aid via the COVAX Facility, while Thailand is confident in realising its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the population.
On September 17, Indonesia received 2.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the US, as well as 1 million doses of the Moderna vaccine and 968,360 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from France via the COVAX Facility.
To date, the US has so far granted 12 million doses for Indonesia, with the French Government committing to give the nation 3 million doses.
Meanwhile, the US government will begin shipping 2.58 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines through the COVAX global distribution programme, a White House official said on September 16.
The latest shipments of vaccines made by Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech, bring the total number of vaccines sent to the Philippines to over 9 million, the official said.
In Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has expressed belief that the country will achieve the goal of vaccinating 50 million people, or about 70 percent of the population, against COVID-19 at the end of this year.
The official said that the vaccination rate in Thailand is currently at a high level of 700,000 doses a day.
On September 16, Thailand had injected 41,858,386 doses of COVID-19 vaccines of all kinds, fulfilling 41.86 percent of the plan to inject a total of 100 million doses by the end of the year. Currently, about 20.81 percent of the local population is fully vaccinated./.
On September 17, Indonesia received 2.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine from the US, as well as 1 million doses of the Moderna vaccine and 968,360 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from France via the COVAX Facility.
To date, the US has so far granted 12 million doses for Indonesia, with the French Government committing to give the nation 3 million doses.
Meanwhile, the US government will begin shipping 2.58 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines through the COVAX global distribution programme, a White House official said on September 16.
The latest shipments of vaccines made by Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech, bring the total number of vaccines sent to the Philippines to over 9 million, the official said.
In Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has expressed belief that the country will achieve the goal of vaccinating 50 million people, or about 70 percent of the population, against COVID-19 at the end of this year.
The official said that the vaccination rate in Thailand is currently at a high level of 700,000 doses a day.
On September 16, Thailand had injected 41,858,386 doses of COVID-19 vaccines of all kinds, fulfilling 41.86 percent of the plan to inject a total of 100 million doses by the end of the year. Currently, about 20.81 percent of the local population is fully vaccinated./.
VNA
