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Nearly 1.7 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Vietnam

Vietnam received the second shipment of 1.682 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses through COVAX Facility – the global vaccine access mechanism on May 16 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health.
Nearly 1.7 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Vietnam ảnh 1The vaccine will be preserved at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for examination before distribution to localities for the third phase of vaccination. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam received the second shipment of 1.682 millionAstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses through COVAX Facility – the global vaccineaccess mechanism on May 16 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health.

The batch will be preserved at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiologyfor examination before distribution to localities for the third phase of vaccination.

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived the country on April 1.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that the ministry has spared noefforts to seek vaccine sources for the nation, and around 110 million doses willbe supplied for Vietnam this year, 38.9 million doses of which are from COVAXFacility, 30 million from AstraZeneca, and 31 million from Pfizer/BioNTech.

Furthermore, the ministry has registered to buy additional 10 million dosesthrough COVAX under the cost share mechanism.

Negotiations are underway to purchase more vaccines from Moderna,Johnson&Johnson, CureVac, Spunik V and Sinopharm, helping diversify vaccinesource to serve the locals, he added.

Currently, four Vietnamese vaccines are underdevelopment, produced by Nagogen PharmaceuticalBiotechnology JSC, the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC),Vaccine and Biological Production Company No. 1 (Vabiotech) and the Center forResearch and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals (Polyvac).

Vietnam begun its inoculation campaign on March 8. As of May 15, as manyas 977,032 frontline medical workers and members of the community-based anti-COVID-19groups received COVID-19 vaccine shots./.
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