First batch of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Viet Nam

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