US finances Vietnam US$13 million in Covid-19 fight
US support over the last decade has assist Vietnam to prevent, detect and respond to emerging and serious infectious diseases.
US support over the last decade has assist Vietnam to prevent, detect and respond to emerging and serious infectious diseases.
The first round of COVAX vaccine allotment is expected to administer around 2.5% of Vietnam’s population.
The MoH is working with the COVAX to arrange for another shipment of 1.3 million doses to arrive at Vietnam in March.
Most of this sum will go to the COVAX Facility, which is procuring and financing vaccines for developing countries.
Vietnam is expected to get total 90 million doses in 2021, including 60 million from purchase.
The Ministry of Health said doctors and frontline health workers are among the first beneficiaries.
Vietnam’s top leaders prioritize fight against Covid-19 in its political mission for the first quarter.
The vaccines come from two sources, including the import of 117,000 doses and 4.8 million doses under the aid of Covax, a global program providing vaccines to people in poor and middle-income countries.
International bodies pledged to administer vaccines to around 20% of Vietnam’s population.
Vietnam is among countries to get initial vaccine rollout by the global vaccine distribution facility.