200,000 doses of Vero-cell vaccine have arrived in Nghe An

On the morning of September 28, Mr. Tran Minh Tue - Deputy Director of the Department of Health said that up to now, Nghe An has injected 504,182 doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Of which, 90,140 people have completed 2 doses, 414,042 people have received at least one dose.

Currently, nearly 700,000 doses of vaccine have been transferred to Nghe An. Of these, 200,000 doses of Vero-cell vaccine have been received at the warehouse of Military Region 4.

According to Mr. Tue, the reason for this number of vaccines not being deployed for injection is because they have to wait for the factory release certificate from the National Institute for Vaccine and Biological Control. Currently, the Department of Health has consulted and issued a decision to allocate to the injection units in the 17th phase.

Unlike many other Covid-19 vaccines, the Vero-cell vaccine from Sinopharm Group (China) has a shelf life of up to 24 months.

To date, Nghe An has administered more than 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Tien Hung

Thus, at present, 2 doses have been basically covered for groups from group 1 to group 4. Vaccination is being implemented from group 5 to group 9, in which some groups have been covered with at least 1 dose such as Customs, providing essential services...

According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam has received more than 50 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines of various types from many different sources. As of this morning, more than 40 million doses have been injected, of which more than 8.3 million people have completed 2 injections.
Vietnam aims to receive 150 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine this year, vaccinating about 70% of the population, aiming to achieve community immunity. Vietnam has conditionally approved 8 types of Covid-19 vaccines. The earliest are AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Pfizer, Sinopharm, Hayat-Vax and Abdala./.