Vietnam on Tuesday received 174 refrigerators for storage of vaccines, which are funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and supplied by UNICEF. The refrigerators will be distributed from Ho Chi Minh city to district clinics in 23 Central Highlands and southern provinces to store vaccines, including those for COVID-19.
GAVI is co-leading COVAX and coordinating the COVAX Facility, a global risk-sharing mechanism for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Veronique Maeva Fages from GAVI said other cold storage equipment supported by COVAX Facility will be delivered to Vietnam later this year.
A UNICEF Representative said UNICEF will provide Vietnam with a number of vaccine storage equipment, including over 2,200 fridges, cold storage trucks, and tens of millions of syringes and safety boxes.
Source: VOV5