More than 10,000 Vietnamese citizens vaccinated against Covid-19; only one new case recorded

A woman receives a vaccine as Vietnam starts its official rollout of AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine for health workers, at Hai Duong Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hai Duong province, Vietnam. - Reuters

HANOI, March 15 (Vietnam News/ANN): A further 4,793 people received Covid-19 vaccines during the weekend in Vietnam, bringing the country’s total to 10,041, according to a morning announcement from the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation.

Vietnam started its national vaccination drive on March 8, using doses from the first batch of 117,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca that arrived in the country on Feb 24.

The Covid-19 cases are also very under control in Vietnam. Vietnam recorded one new case of Covid-19 infection on Sunday (March 14), bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 2,554, according to its Ministry of Health.