Australia to provide Vietnam with 13.7 million doses of COVID-19 for children aged 5-11
PSNews - Vietnam’s Ministry of Health announced that Australian Government has officially committed to providing Vietnam with about 13.7 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to inoculate children aged between 5-11 in the first week of April.
The Expanded Programme on Immunisation announced on March 27 that the Australian Government has officially committed to providing Viet Nam with about 13.7 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to inoculate children aged between 5-11 in the first week of April.
The vaccine aid will be divided into two batches, with the first including 9.7 million doses and the second, four million. Of the first batch, nine million shots were manufactured by Moderna while the remainder were by Pfizer.
Previously, on March 22, the Ministry of Health worked with the Australian Embassy in Viet Nam on this issue.
Once the vaccines arrive in Viet Nam and their quality is accredited, they will be allocated to localities to be administered to children. As reported, the training on vaccination for children has been conducted nationwide.
The ministry and the programme have also been actively looking for other sources of vaccine support from international organisations such as USAID, COVAX Facility and the governments of other countries to secure additional 8-10 million doses to fully vaccinate children in this age group.
