Vietnam among first recipients of surplus US COVID-19 vaccines

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(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam will be one of the first receivers of 25 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses, part of 80 million doses US President Joe Biden has pledged to distribute internationally this month, according to the White House. 
Vietnam among first recipients of surplus US COVID-19 vaccines - ảnh 1COVID-19 vaccines by AstraZeneca (right) and Pfizer/BioNTech (Photo: Reuters/VNA)

The United States will donate nearly 19 million doses through the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program. Some 6 million doses will go to Latin America and the Caribbean, about 7 million doses to South and Southeast Asia, roughly 5 million to Africa, and over 6 million will go directly from the US to certain countries including Canada, Mexico, India, and South Korea. 

The vaccines were developed by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson &Johnson. The US has also pledged 4 billion USD over 2 years for COVAX development. 

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