263,250 Pfizer vaccines arrive in Hanoi via COVAX
VOV.VN - An additional 263,250 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived on August 27 in Hanoi.
According to details given by UNICEF, along with the vaccines delivered to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi over the past two days, the batch of 1,065,870 Pfizer doses given to the nation by COVAX and the United States has now completed its delivery process.
This comes after US Vice President Kamala Harris announced at a meeting on August 25 with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh that the US has decided to donate approximately one million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to the country.
Following the additional donation, the total number of vaccines given by the US has now reached six million doses.
VP Harris also committed an additional US$23 million in order to help the nation expand its distribution and access to vaccines, combat the spread of the pandemic, and prepare for the threat of future diseases.