Vietnam receives first batch of Covid-19 vaccines under Covax scheme, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam received 811,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines on Thursday (April 1), its first batch of vaccines under the global Covax scheme, following a week-long delay caused by limited supply. The South-east Asian country, which began its coronavirus vaccination programme last month, is aiming to secure 30 million doses in total via the Covax vaccine-sharing facility. Thursday’s delivery took Vietnam’s number of AstraZeneca doses to nearly 930,000 so far, but the country is looking to diversify its procurement from more sources, including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, China’s Sinovac and Russia’s Sputnik V. In a meeting with…