Accordingly, 3 million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Vietnam this week. This is a batch of vaccine donated by the US Government through the Covax facility.
On the same day, the Ministry of Health said Pfizer had agreed to increase the number of Covid-19 vaccines supplied to Vietnam in the third quarter from 3 million to 3.5 million doses and agreed to sell an additional 20 million doses in 2021, bringing the total number of doses of Pfizer vaccine expected to be sold to Vietnam to 51 million doses, an increase of 20 million doses compared to the plan.
Thus, in addition to the 105 million doses that have been committed and contracted, and the 70 million doses that are being negotiated and likely to be signed, it is expected that in 2021 and early 2022, Vietnam will have a total of 175 million doses. To date, Vietnam has received more than 10.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, of which 7.1 million doses are AstraZeneca; Moderna (2 million doses), Pfizer (194,200 doses)...
Regarding vaccination progress, up to now, Vietnam has administered a total of 4,283,906 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, of which: 3,977,431 people have received one dose; 306,475 people have received two doses.
Prof. Dr. Dang Duc Anh also said that in the third quarter of this year, there will be about 26 million doses of vaccine, and in the fourth quarter, about 65.5 million doses will arrive in Vietnam. The total of the two quarters is about 91.5 million doses, of which about 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccine are for children under 18 years old.
The Ministry of Health added that Vietnam has reached an agreement to transfer vaccine technology from the US and Russia as well as an agreement to support domestic units to speed up clinical trials and ensure compliance with proper, scientific, and objective procedures.
