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1.4 mln AstraZeneca vaccines arrive
Updated: 16:19, 27/08/2021
Vietnam Vaccine JSC received 1.44 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in HCMC Thursday as part of its deal with the Swedish-British company.
Of the 30 million doses it is buying, it has received around 8.2 million so far.
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A batch of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrives in HCMC's Tan Son Nhat Airport, August 26, 2021. |
Vietnam has received over 25 million vaccines through commercial contracts, the global vaccine access mechanism Covax and foreign aid.
It has vaccinated over 18.5 million people with 2.1 million getting two shots.
The country aims to vaccinate 70 percent of its 96 million population by next year.
A batch of 501,600 Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the Polish Government was handed over to Vietnam at a ceremony held at Warsaw Chopin on August 20.
CEO of AstraZeneca Pascal Soriot has pledged to deliver Covid-19 vaccines to Vietnam on schedule as well as increase vaccine supplies to the country this month.
Poland said it would donate over 501,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses and transfer another three million to Vietnam.
The Hanoi Medical University has started the first phase of clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccine ARCT-154 with the participation of 100 volunteers.
The Hanoi Medical University started the first phase of clinical trials of the ARCT-154 Covid-19 vaccine on August 15, with the participation of 100 volunteers from Hanoi.
Source: VnExpress
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