AstraZeneca vaccine in Vietnam Vaccine Company’s cold storage. (Photo from VNVC)Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – As many as 1,113,400 doses of arrived
in International Airport in on August 13 morning,
according to the Vietnam Vaccine Company (VNVC).
This is the
eighth shipment from the VNVC’s order of 30 million doses with AstraZeneca, the
entirety of which would be handed over to the Ministrty of Health at a
not-for-profit price.
VNVC earlier
stated that starting from July, each week, AstraZeneca would ship about 1
million doses of vaccine to Vietnam, and the commitment has been largely kept.
To date, 5.5
million doses, or nearly 20 percent of the deal, have been delivered, nearly
six months after the first batch reached Vietnam in late February.
VNVC said it
was also in talks with other vaccine manufacturers for potential deals.
With the
latest batch, Vietnam currently has received some 19 million doses of
vaccine in total, mostly AstraZeneca (11.5 million), Moderna (5 million), and
Sinopharm’s Vero Cell (1.5 million).
The Ministry of
Health has warned that in the third quarter, deliveries would be few and
far between, and most of the vaccines from international commitments and
purchase deals would arrive in droves in the final quarter of the year.
Over 13
million doses have been administered in Vietnam, with more than 1.1
million people being fully vaccinated./.
Source: VietnamPlus
