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These are part of the 80 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine that President Joe Biden pledged to provide to the world, and are the first doses to be sent to Southeast Asia. These vaccines are being provided through the Covax program.
The Moderna vaccine, also known as Spikevax, uses mRNA technology similar to Pfizer's and was approved by the WHO on April 30th. This vaccine is 90% effective in preventing the disease. According to research by American scientists, the Moderna vaccine is highly effective against the Delta variant, which originates from India.
In Vietnam, the Ministry of Health has conditionally approved the Spikevax vaccine, also known as Moderna, to meet the urgent needs of epidemic prevention and control. The Zuellig Pharma Vietnam Co., Ltd. branch was the entity that requested the approval.
This vaccine contains 100 mcg mRNA per 0.5 ml dose and is formulated as an intramuscular suspension. It is packaged in boxes of 10 multi-dose vials; each multi-dose vial contains 10 doses of 0.5 ml.
As of July 6th, Vietnam had administered 3,928,001 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Of these, 235,570 people had received both doses.
On July 7th, the first batch of Pfizer's vaccine, approximately 96,000 doses, arrived at Noi Bai International Airport. This is the first batch of Pfizer's vaccine to arrive in Vietnam as part of a plan to supply 31 million doses by the end of the year. It is expected that 3 million doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive in Vietnam in the third quarter, with the remaining 28 million doses arriving in the fourth quarter.
Currently, Vietnam has received a total of nearly 5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Of these, nearly 2.5 million doses were donated by Covax, over 400,000 doses were ordered through VNVC, and approximately 2 million doses were donated by the governments of other countries.
