Additional 1.2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Vietnam
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam received over 1.2 million more doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to the Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC).
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This is the ninth batch delivered to Vietnam under the VNVC’s order of 30 million doses with AstraZeneca, which would be handed over to the Ministry of Health at a not-for-profit price.
The VNVC earlier stated that AstraZeneca would ship about 1 million doses of vaccine to Vietnam each week, starting July, and the commitment has been largely kept.
With the latest batch, Vietnam has to date received more than 14 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine through the VNVC's contract, the COVAX Facility and donations from governments.
During his phone talks with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday, CEO of AstraZeneca Pascal Soriot pledged to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam on schedule as well as increase vaccine supplies to the country this month.