GAVI donates COVID-19 vaccine refrigerators to Vietnam

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Tuesday received 174 refrigerators for storage of vaccines, which are funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and supplied by UNICEF.

GAVI donates COVID-19 vaccine refrigerators to Vietnam - ảnh 1GAVI's vaccine refrigerators arrive in Ho Chi Minh city on June 8, 2021 (Illustrative photo: by Reuters)

The refrigerators will be distributed from Ho Chi Minh city to district clinics in 23 Central Highlands and southern provinces to store vaccines, including those for COVID-19.

GAVI is co-leading COVAX and coordinating the COVAX Facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Veronique Maeva Fages from GAVI said other cold storage equipment supported by COVAX Facility will be delivered to Vietnam later this year.

A UNICEF Representative said UNICEF will provide Vietnam with a number of vaccine storage equipment, including over 2,200 fridges, cold storage trucks, and tens of millions of syringes and safety boxes.

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