Vietnam among first recipients of surplus US COVID-19 vaccines
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will be one of the first receivers of 25 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses, part of 80 million doses US President Joe Biden has pledged to distribute internationally this month, according to the White House.
 COVID-19 vaccines by AstraZeneca (right) and Pfizer/BioNTech (Photo: Reuters/VNA) |
The United States will donate nearly 19 million doses through the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program. Some 6 million doses will go to Latin America and the Caribbean, about 7 million doses to South and Southeast Asia, roughly 5 million to Africa, and over 6 million will go directly from the US to certain countries including Canada, Mexico, India, and South Korea.
The vaccines were developed by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson &Johnson. The US has also pledged 4 billion USD over 2 years for COVAX development.