Vietnam receives additional 1 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by US

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(VOVWORLD) - The US has sent another million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam, according to the US Agency for International Development (USAID). 
Vietnam receives additional 1 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by US - ảnh 1A medical worker prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine jab in an inoculation drive for pregnant women in Hanoi in early September. The vaccine came from the shipments Vietnam received from its procurement order with the US company. (Photo: VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyet) 

More than 600,000 doses arrived in HCM city late Thursday night, while nearly 400,000 doses were delivered to Hanoi early Friday morning.

The latest shipments brought the total donations from the US Government to Vietnam to over 8.5 million doses, making the US the biggest vaccine donor to Vietnam.

USAID stressed that the vaccines came with no strings attached and more donations are expected in the coming days. More than 51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Vietnam, according to the National COVID-19 Vaccine Portal.

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