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Vietnam to receive over 5.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in two months

Vietnam will receive 5,657,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in March and April, all made by AstraZeneca, according to the National Expanded Immunisation Programme.
Vietnam to receive over 5.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in two months ảnh 1Giving a COVID-19 shot to a woman at Thanh Nhan Hospital in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will receive 5,657,000 dosesof COVID-19 vaccine in March and April, all made by AstraZeneca, according tothe National Expanded Immunisation Programme.

Of the amount, 4,177,000 doses will be supplied by COVAXFacility via the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with 1,373,800 doses to arrive onMarch 25 and another 2,803,200 doses in April.

Meanwhile, 1.48 million doses bought by the Health Ministry via VietnamVaccine SJC (VNVC) will also be delivered in April.  

The COVAX Facility is the global pooledprocurement mechanism for COVID-19 vaccines through which COVAX will ensurefair and equitable access to vaccines for all 190 participating economies,using an allocation framework formulated by WHO.

Vietnam received the first batch of 117,600doses of COVID-19 on February 24, and launched its COVID-19 inoculation driveon March 8 morning, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to medical workers inHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and northern Hai Duong province – the country’s biggestpandemic hotspot at present./.

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