Vietnam seeks 31milliom doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 2021


  • Vietnam
  • Saturday, 15 May 2021

HANOI, May 15 (Reuters): Vietnam is seeking 31 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech in 2021, its health ministry said on Friday, as the country seeks to secure its vaccines amid competition and supply uncertainty.

By end-2021, Vietnam expects to have received a total of 110 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including those of Pfizer/BioNTech, 30 million from AstraZeneca and 38.9 million doses via the COVAX scheme, the ministry said in a statement.

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