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According to the ministry's report, the national caseload has so far increased to 11,496,354.
On October 21, an additional 356 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 10.60 million.
On Friday evening, no deaths from Covid-19 were recorded, the country's total fatalities stayed at 43,159, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections.
By October 20, the country had injected over 261 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
According to the National Immunisation Programme, some 300,000 million doses of Moderna vaccines will be brought to the country this week and 1.20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines will arrive next week. These doses will be distributed to different localities that have run out of vaccines for children.
Earlier in September, Vietnam also received three million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses.
The Ministry of Health is expected to allocate the vaccines shortly to localities to ensure the inoculation of booster doses is on the right track. It is also coordinating with donors and agencies to receive more vaccines for various age groups.
