The batch of around 1.44 million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines were brought to HCM City on August 26
This is the 10th shipment from a contract signed between the Vietnam Vaccine Company (VNVC) to buy 30 million doses from AstraZeneca, the entirety of which would be handed over to the Ministry of Health at a not-for-profit price.
Under the contract, around 8.2 million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines have been transported to Vietnam out of a total of 17 million doses of this kind in Vietnam to date. AstraZeneca now accounts for 64% of the country’s Covid-19 vaccines.
According to Nitin Kapoor, chairman and director of AstraZeneca Vietnam, this has shown AstraZeneca’s commitment in supporting Vietnam in the fight against Covid-19.
VNVC is speeding up procedures to hand over the vaccines to the Ministry of Health.
This morning, August 27, one million doses of China’s Vero Cell vaccine also arrived in HCM City. This batch was part of a contract to buy five million doses of Sapharco from Sinopharm.