Japan to donate another 1 million doses of vaccine to Vietnam

A mass vaccination drive held at Phu Tho Indoor Sport Stadium, HCM City, on June 24, 2021, using the AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – ese Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced
that Japan would donate another one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19
vaccine to Vietnam.

This comes
on top of the previous shipment of nearly one million doses that were delivered
to Vietnam on June 16.

Arrangements
are also being made to send one million doses of AstraZeneca each
to Taiwan (China), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the
Philippines, the Japanese diplomat noted.

“Japan’s
donation of vaccines to Vietnam is a testament for the profound friendship
between the two countries,” the said in a statement
on June 25 regarding the news.

The majority
of the donated doses in previous shipment are being administered for priority
groups in Ho Chi Minh City in its largest inoculation drive, as the southern
economic centre has recorded nearly 2,300 COVID-19 infections since late
May, becoming the second most severe COVID-19 hot spot in the
country’s fourth wave of infections.

Vaccine
delivery to Vietnam has been very limited, and to date, 2,920,248 million doses
of vaccine have been administered in Vietnam, with only 143,121 people fully
vaccinated with two doses./.