Vietnam had administered nearly 50 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 as of noon on October 7, according to data from the National Immunisation Portal.

A total of 4,150 new Covid-19 infections were recorded in Vietnam in the past 24 hours to 5pm on October 7, 209 cases fewer than the day before.

The Vietnamese Government has recently issued Resolution No. 122/NQ-CP on the purchase of 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from the Hungarian Government.

Health authorities confirmed 4,356 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, down four from Tuesday.

Australia has handed over 300,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, while promising to assist Vietnam to purchase another 3.7 million doses.