Hanoi(VNA) – The Health Ministry’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology onNovember 9 received 1,910 vaccine fridges, 5 million syringes and 50,000 safety boxes within the framework of a vaccinationsupport project in Vietnam funded by the Australian Government and the UnitedNations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Speaking at the ceremony, VietnameseMinister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long thanked the Australian Government andpeople and the UNICEF for their valuable support.
He also thanked the Australian Governmentfor committing 5.2 million vaccine doses to Vietnam as the entire Vietnamesepolitical system and people are doing their best to curb the spread of thepandemic, saying that the support is a great source of material andspiritual encouragement to the Vietnamese Government and people during this currentdifficult period.
Launched in April 2021, the project alsooffers training courses to improve the capacity of medical workers, conductsvaccination campaigns in remote and mountainous areas, and holds communication activities to persuade residents to receive vaccination.
The Australian Government committed atotal of 5.2 million vaccine doses to Vietnam, of which 1.5 millionAstraZeneca doses manufactured by Australia were already delivered to Vietnam,and the remainder are provided via a procurement contract between the Australian Governmentand the UNICEF./.
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