Vietnam to import first batch of 204,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses
By Chi Nguyen February 18, 2021 | 10:07 am GMT+7
A health worker opens a box containing the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in France. Photo by AFP.
The Health Ministry has approved the import of 204,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine this month to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
This would be the first batch out of 30 million doses of vaccine that Vietnam had previously ordered to buy. The vaccine is developed by British-Swedish company AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford University.
The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health on Wednesday allowed AstraZeneca Vietnam Company Limited to import the doses under emergent circumstances to help fight against Covid-19 pandemic which has turned more complicated in Vietnam.