VIETNAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Liên Đoàn Thương Mại Và Công Nghiệp Việt Nam
Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 10:38:00
Nearly 47,000 people in 26 localities received shots on April 23, setting a daily record for administering COVID-19 vaccine in Viet Nam, according to the Ministry of Health.
The above figure brings the total number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 to 176,037, said the ministry.
The capital city of Ha Noi has administered 21,491 doses to its frontline workers, followed by Hai Duong (3,960), Ho Chi Minh City (2,972), Bac Ninh (2,244), Phu Tho (2,081), Can Tho City (1,439), Bac Giang (1,385), Khanh Hoa (1,283), Bac Kan (1,219) and Thua Thien-Hue (1,164).
Meanwhile, the Ministry of National Defense has administered 1,246 doses to its frontliners.
Viet Nam started its national vaccination drive on March 8, using doses from the first batch of 117,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca that arrived in the country on February 24.
The nation received a shipment of 811,200 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses provided by the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (Covax) Facility on April 1.
Viet Nam expects to have 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine this year, with 30 million doses provided by COVAX Facility and 30 million others ordered by the Viet Nam Vaccine JSC.
To date, the ministry has approved Oxford/AstraZeneca and Russian Sputnik V vaccine COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in Viet Nam./.
