The US supports Vietnam with nearly 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
As of April 20, a total of US COVID-19 vaccine supports Vietnam has reached nearly 40 million doses.
US Embassy in Vietnam An additional 1.7 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine were delivered to Hanoi through the COVAX program this week, bringing the total number of COVID-19 vaccines the US has supported for Vietnam to nearly 40 million doses.
“But there is still much work to be done, and we will continue to work with Vietnam to support and ensure a safe and strong recovery after the pandemic,” the US Embassy emphasized.
In addition, to address COVID-19 hotspots, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided Vietnam with 2 portable oxygen generating systems that help generate medical oxygen from the air and can be quickly moved between local medical facilities to provide oxygen to help save lives.
In addition, the US has given Vietnam a deep negative refrigerator to support Vietnam in storing the COVID-19 vaccine. In October 2021, the Ministry of Health, the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology held a ceremony to receive the first 77 deep-sound refrigerators in 111 deep freezer provided by the US Department of Defense to the Government of Vietnam with a total value of about 1 million USD.
In early March, in Ho Chi Minh City, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper On behalf of the US Department of Defense, presented another 34 deep freezer refrigerators to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.
The US has reached the milestone of distributing 500 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to more than 110 countries around the world. “We will work tirelessly until everyone is safe,” the embassy said.
Earlier, at the Global Summit on COVID-19 on September 22, 2021, US President Joe Biden announced a commitment to provide more 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to more than 110 low- and middle-income countries and economies around the world and the African Union, bringing the total US commitments to more than 1.1 billion doses worldwide. So far, Vietnam is one of the countries receiving the most vaccines from this source.
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