US delivers more than 2 million doses of Moderna vaccine to Vietnam
- More Japanese donors contribute to Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine fund
- Vietnam, Cuba discuss possibility of cooperation in COVID-19 vaccine production
- Gov’t allocates VND7.65 trillion more for COVID-19 vaccine imports
More than two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supplied by the US and channeled through COVAX is due to arrive in Vietnam on July 7-8. (Photo: Reuters)
The vaccine has been channeled through the COVAX Facility, said the MoH.
It remain unknown when and where the batch of the vaccine arrives in Vietnam,
MoH Deputy Minister Truong Quoc Cuong signed a decision on June 29 to conditionally approve the Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine known as Moderna for emergency use in Vietnam.
Moderna is a vaccine for preventing coronavirus disease 2019 in people aged 18 years and older. It is a suspension for intramuscular injection administered as a series of two doses (0.5 ml each) 1 month apart.
The vaccine contains a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) with instructions for producing a protein from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, according to European Medicines Agency.
Moderna is said to be 94% effective against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections. Its safety profile is also similar to Pfizer’s, with fatigue, headaches and pain at the site of injection among the most often cited side-effects.
Moderna is the fifth COVID-19 vaccine that has been approved for use in Vietnam, after AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, Pfizer and Sinopharm.
The first batch of the Pfizer vaccine numbering more than 97,000 doses is due to arrive at Vietnam’s Noi Bai International Airport on July 7.
Close to 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, mostly the AstraZeneca vaccine, have been administered in Vietnam so far this year, with 235,570 people fully receiving two shots.
