A cold box to preserve COVID-19 vaccines (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The () will provide 1,600 to preserve COVID-19 vaccines for Vietnam
to serve the transportation of vaccines to inoculation stations, as requested
by Vietnam’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.
The support package worth 100 million JPY (909,000 USD),
currently purchased by JICA through UNICEF Vietnam, is expected to be delivered
in September.
The cold box provided by JICA will keep vaccines at a
temperature of 2-8 degrees Celsius with a temperature monitoring device to
ensure the safe transportation from the central storage to injection stations
in the localities nationwide.
On July 8, the Health Ministry issued a decision approving a
plan on the implementation of the national vaccination campaign. This
is the biggest-ever vaccination campaign in the country, carried out from July 2021 to April
2022, with 19,000 vaccination stations across Vietnam.
Joining hands with the Vietnamese Government, in July, JICA
also implemented a cooperation programme with the International Organization
for Migration (IOM) in a project to prevent infection and intensify epidemiological
control at border gates. Through this support programme worth 20 million JPY,
JICA helps train and improve the capacity of Vietnam’s border gate officers on
disease control, and provide personal protective equipment and equipment
necessary for hand hygiene.
JICA is committed to continue working with the Japanese
Government to support Vietnam in early controlling the COVID-19 pandemic./.
Source: VietnamPlus
