A batch of one million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine donated by the United States arrived in Vietnam on November 17.
Vietnam receives additional 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses donation from US on November 17. Photo from the US Embassy
According to the US Embassy in Hanoi, the latest shipment raised the total number of Covid-19 vaccines donated by the US to Vietnam to more than 16 million, making the US Vietnam’s largest vaccine donor.
Earlier, more than 2.87 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supported by the US through the COVAX Facility were delivered to Vietnam on November 6, 7, and 8.
Besides vaccine donations, the US committed USD26.7 million in grants to help Vietnam respond to the pandemic and more than USD1 billion to develop local health infrastructure.
The US Department of Defence has also delivered 77 out of 111 ultra-low temperature freezers to Vietnam to help store vaccines.
In June, US President Joe Biden pledged to share a total of 80 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccines worldwide. He said about 75 percent of the vaccines will be delivered through the COVAX Facility, while the remaining 25 percent will be distributed directly.