According to the National Immunisation Programme, some 300,000 million doses of Moderna vaccines will be brought to the country this week and 1.20 million doses of Pfizer vaccines will arrive next week. These doses will be distributed to different localities that have run out of vaccines for children.

Speaking at a Thursday meeting in HCM City, deputy head of the office at the municipal Department of Health, Le Thien Huynh Nhu, said that the city had conducted nearly 23.43 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for local people and they have had to suspend vaccinating children due to shortages.

Earlier in September, Vietnam also received three million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses.

The Ministry of Health is expected to allocate the vaccines shortly to localities to ensure the inoculation of booster doses is on the right track. It is also coordinating with donors and agencies to receive more vaccines for various age groups.

According to the Ministry of Health, nearly 270 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide. However, the inoculation of children aged 5 to 17 remains slow going.

So far, nearly 11.50 million coronavirus cases have been documented in Vietnam, including 10.50 million recoveries and more than 43,000 deaths.

Source: Dtinews