Vietnam receives 2 million coronavirus vaccines from US as it tackles worst outbreak, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam has received the first shipment of two million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine donated by the US government, the American Embassy in Hanoi said on Saturday (July 10), as the South-east Asian country battles its worst outbreak. The shipment, delivered via the Covax sharing facility, is part of the 80 million vaccine doses President Joe Biden committed from US vaccine supplies to support global needs, the embassy said in an e-mailed statement. After successfully containing the coronavirus for much of the pandemic, Vietnam has since late April faced a more stubborn outbreak that has prompted…