(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam received on Saturday 2 million doses of Moderna vaccine donated to the COVAX Facility by the United States Government, said the World Health Organization Vietnam on its website.
Saturday’s shipment is part of the 80 million doses of vaccine that the US President committed in May from the US vaccine supply, of which approximately 41 million doses are shared through COVAX, to support global needs.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the arrival, Charge d’Affaires, Christopher Klein, said “The shipment gives us hope that there is an end in sight to our fight against COVID-19. It gives us hope that we will be able to return to our normal lives.”
“The UN welcomes the first United States Government donation of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX’s dose-sharing mechanism which arrived in Viet Nam” today said Kamal Malhotra, the UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam.
“The clearest pathway out of the pandemic is equitable access to vaccination for healthcare workers and priority groups such as the elderly and those with co-morbidities in every country. Dose donations are an immediate and urgent way to address this. We continue to call on well-supplied countries to donate doses now to protect those most at risk as soon as possible”
Vietnam previously received nearly 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine via the COVAX Facility. The COVAX Facility is co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI), GAVI – the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF as a key delivery partner.
Source: VOV5