At a ceremony to hand over refrigerated trucks to Military Region 3 (Photo: )Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health has decided to
allocate 63 specialised trucks for vaccine transport, manufactured by
Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), to seven military regions across the country under
the management of the Ministry of National Defence.
The will serve the largest-ever vaccination
campaign in the country from July 2021 to April 2022, ensuring the quality
of vaccines.
has handed over the trucks to
Military Regions 1, 3 and 4, and is scheduled to deliver the trucks to the remaining regions from July 23. The trucks are designed to meet all temperature
standards, ensuring that vaccines are always kept at a temperature of 2-8
degrees Celsius.
Right in July, the Military Regions will use the trucks to
transport COVID-19 vaccines to localities. Meanwhile, storages have been built in the Military Regions to receive the vaccines.
They have also received instructions and training to meet good storage practice
(GSP) standards, thus getting ready to undertake the storage and
transport of the vaccines from August.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said his ministry and relevant
ministries and sectors have worked together to set up a new system of storage
based on the support of the army.
The vaccines will be kept in warehouses meeting
GSP standards that have been jointly constructed by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of National Defence before sending to vaccination sites in nearby
localities, thus ensuring fast and safe delivery, he added./.
Source: VietnamPlus
