A foreign diplomat has received a COVID-19 vaccine shot in Hanoi. (Photo: MoH)

The vaccination, initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, was carried out by doctors of the Central Lung Hospital in Hanoi on June 9-10.

Diplomats and their staff were required to make health declaration and undergo medical check-ups before getting the jab.

None of the serious reactions were reported after the vaccination, said sources from the hospital.

Members of foreign diplomatic missions highly appreciated Vietnam’s epidemic prevention and control, especially its early COVID-19 vaccination.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese diplomats and their staff in many foreign countries regions have also been vaccinated against COVID-19, with WHO-licensed vaccines such as Pfizer-BioNTech, Astra Zeneca, Moderna, Sputnik V, and Sinovac.

Source: VOV

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