First batch of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Viet Nam
VGP – The first batch of 117,600 COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport this morning.
This is the first shipment of Oxford/AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to an Asian country.
It is part of the 30 million doses that the Viet Nam Vaccine Joint Stock Co., will bring in under a deal signed with AstraZeneca in November last year.
Speaking at a meeting on COVID-19 responses on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the first doses will be given to to high-risk groups such as health workers, staff working at concentrated quarantine sites and pandemic-hit areas as the supply of vaccine could not immediately meet local demand.
The Government chief also ordered subordinate levels to combine vaccination with serious implementation of the 5K message: Khau trang (facemask) – Khu khuan (disinfection) – Khoang cach (distance) – Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health declaration)./.
By Anh Minh
