3 million more doses of Moderna vaccine have arrived in Vietnam

Vietnam received an additional 3,000,060 doses of Moderna vaccine supported by the US Government through the COVAX Facility, of which 1,499,960 doses were delivered to Ho Chi Minh City on July 24 and 1,500,100 doses will arrive in Hanoi on July 25, 2021.

This additional vaccine source will help the Ministry of Health expand vaccination coverage and reach more people in priority groups, thereby contributing to helping Vietnam achieve the goal of vaccinating more than 70% of the population by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

This is the second batch of Moderna vaccine to arrive in Vietnam this month, bringing the total number of vaccines supported by the US Government to Vietnam through the COVAX Facility to more than five million doses.

Vaccinesupported through the COVAX vaccine sharing mechanism, under which countries with abundant vaccine stocks share vaccines with others to help protect the most at-risk groups globally.

To date, Vietnam has received 7,493,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in four shipments from the COVAX Facility, including 5,000,100 doses of Moderna vaccine supported by the US Government and 2,493,200 doses of AstraZeneca.

These vaccines will contribute to achieving the target of achieving 20% ​​vaccination coverage in low- and middle-income countries in the first phase of vaccine distribution.

The COVAX Facility is co-initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Vaccine Alliance and GAVI, with UNICEF as the lead implementing partner.

Over the past several months, COVAX partners CEPI, GAVI, WHO and supply partner UNICEF have been supporting Vietnam in its COVID-19 vaccine readiness and deployment efforts nationwide.

To date, Vietnam has received more than 14 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine through various sources, including 7,493,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccine with 4 shipments from the COVAX Facility, including 5,000,100 doses of Moderna vaccine supported by the US Government and 2,493,200 doses of AstraZeneca.