Vietnam to receive 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021
Vietnam is expected to secure 60 million doses in 2021 as the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative and AstraZeneca have committed 30 million doses each to the country, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on February 19.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam isexpected to secure 60 million doses in 2021 as the COVID-19 Vaccines GlobalAccess (COVAX) initiative and AstraZeneca have committed 30 million doses eachto the country, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on February 19.
Up to 150 million doses are needed toensure vaccination for all Vietnamese people, he stated during a virtualmeeting with localities on February 19 to discuss COVID-19 prevention andcontrol measures in the coming time.
Negotiations are underway with globalmultilateral units such as COVAX or AstraZeneca to ship COVID-19 vaccine homeas fast as possible, the minister affirmed.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has promptlyworked with organisations and vaccine developers in an endeavour to purchasevaccine in the shortest time possible.
Procedures for vaccine procurement, importand utilisation will be carried out in an urgent manner in line with theregulations and recommendations of the World Health Organisation andmanufacturers.
Priority in vaccine access will be given topandemic-hit areas and high-risk people to ensure efficiency, Long added.
He also called on businesses with access tovaccine supply sources to closely work with the MoH in vaccine imports, towardsthe goal of providing vaccine for all Vietnamese people this year so as to facilitateeconomic recovery.
Relevant agencies have been ordered toensure the efficient purchase and use of COVID-19 vaccine and at the same timeaccelerate research and manufacturing of domestic vaccines that meetinternational standards and work against emerging variants of the coronavirusSARS-CoV-2, he noted./.
The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health has approved the import of the first 204,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine of the UK for emergency use.
ASEAN member states, including Vietnam, have agreed to set aside 10.5 million USD from the COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund to purchase vaccines for their citizens on the basis of equal distribution to all 10 countries.
COVID-19 vaccines should be considered a shared asset of the international community, and delivered to countries at affordable prices, prioritising vulnerable groups and frontline workers in the pandemic combat, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said on February 17.
The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health has approved the import of the first 204,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine of the UK for emergency use.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long (Photo: VNA) 
