Nghe An officially receives the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine

Thanh Cuong• April 9, 2021 18:19

(Baonghean.vn) - Immediately after receiving, this batch of Covid-19 vaccines was transferred to the warehouse of the Provincial Center for Disease Control (CDC). After that, vaccination will be deployed for the subjects in accordance with Resolution No. 21/NQ-CP.

On the afternoon of April 9, the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility Astra Zeneca, donated by COVAX, arrived in Vinh city. Photo: Thanh Cuong

These are 18,500 doses out of 811,200 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine donated by COVAX, allocated in the second phase to 63 provinces, cities, police and military forces, and the national vaccination project. Photo: Thanh Cuong

With a limited number of vaccines, Nghe An will prioritize vaccination for those on the front lines of the epidemic prevention according to Resolution 21 of the Government such as units treating Covid-19 patients, people working in testing, tracing, etc. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Covid-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca has been approved by the Ministry of Health for conditional use for urgent needs in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in Decision No. 983/QD-BYT dated February 1, 2021. Photo: Thanh Cuong

This vaccine has been licensed for use in more than 70 countries and territories around the world and is one of three vaccines approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 15, 2021. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On the morning of April 1, 811,200 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from COVAX Facility through UNICEF arrived at Noi Bai International Airport. This is the first batch of vaccines in the COVAX Facility's commitment to support Vietnam along with 92 countries around the world. Photo: Thanh Cuong

COVAX has committed to providing Vietnam with 4.176 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in batches from now until the end of May 2021. The remaining batches of COVAX's commitment of 30 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Vietnam by the end of this year and early 2022. All of these vaccines will be provided free of charge by COVAX through UNICEF's purchase and supply. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In Nghe An, immediately after receiving these 18,500 doses of vaccine, they were transferred to the warehouse of the Provincial Center for Disease Control (CDC). Vaccination will then be carried out for the subjects in accordance with Resolution No. 21/NQ-CP. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Because the Covid-19 vaccine is a new vaccine, the health sector will conduct retraining on vaccine use and monitoring and handling of adverse events after vaccination. Nghe An will carry out vaccination according to priority groups for free Covid-19 vaccination; priority levels range from high risk to low risk. Photo: Thanh Cuong

According to the Ministry of Health, as of 4:00 p.m. on April 6, 2021, Vietnam has vaccinated more than 55,000 people in 19 provinces and cities against Covid-19, including medical staff directly treating Covid-19 patients, medical staff performing isolation, testing, tracing, members of Covid-19 mobile teams, and local Steering Committees for Epidemic Prevention and Control... Photo: Thanh Cuong