Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19. —AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has explained the purchase delay to buy COVID-19 Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5-12, confirming that it depends on Pfizer which is compiling the contract. The explanation was made following a request by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, who …
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A medical worker prepares a Pfizer vaccine shot. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has reached an agreement with Pfizer to set out an estimate and a bidding plan, with the aim to bring 7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for children to Việt …
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Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to under 12 years old. — Photo from Pfizer HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health on Friday officially granted approval of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for use in children aged five to under 12 years old. The decision was reflected in the …
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A health worker in Vĩnh Phúc Province prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hùng HÀ NỘI — More than three quarters of adults said agree with vaccinating children aged between five and 11-years-old against COVID, according to a nationwide survey. Up to 81 per cent …
Read More »VN asks Pfizer to soon deliver 22 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses for children aged 5-11
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a telephone call with Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla late Tuesday from Hà Nội on the delivery of paediatric COVID-19 vaccines to Việt Nam. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla …
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A resident of Hai Bà Trưng District, Hà Nội, receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster shots on February 5, 2022, the fifth day of the Lunar new year. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health on Tuesday sent an urgent dispatch urging localities to speed …
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Vials of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 years to below 12 years. — AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Government has approved the Ministry of Health’s proposal to purchase 21.9 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children from five to under 12 years old. The …
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The vaccine donation was made through the international vaccine platform COVAX. — Photo courtesy of the German Embassy HÀ NỘI — Germany has donated an additional 4,000,230 doses of BioNTech/Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Việt Nam. The shipments of the vaccine arrived in Hà Nội in late December 2021 and early January …
Read More »Health ministry plans to buy 21.9m Pfizer COVID vaccine doses for children aged 5-11
Vials of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 years to below 12 years. — AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health is planning to purchase 21.9 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to give to children aged 5-11 years, with scenarios of surplus vaccines likely accepted. …
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A health worker collects specimens from a young child infected with coronavirus in the northern province of Bắc Giang. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is exercising caution in consideration of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5-11 years, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long told local …
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