Recently, Ministry of Health issued Official Dispatch 5946/BYT-DP on proposed allocation vaccines COVID-19 prevention until the end of 2021 for 63 provinces/cities, units, ministries and branches. Accordingly, it is expected that in 2021, the Ministry of Health will allocate vaccines at a rate of 90% to people aged 18 and older, of which City. Hanoi and City. HCM is expected to be allocated with the highest rate of 99%.
Up to now, there are 6 types of COVID-19 vaccines that have been licensed for use in Vietnam by the Ministry of Health. Each type of COVID-19 vaccine has different effectiveness in protecting against disease.
The following is information you need to know about some COVID-19 vaccines being deployed in Vietnam. The document was developed according to the COVID-19 vaccination practice manuals of the National Expanded Immunization Program.
Vaccines AstraZeneca
In Vietnam, the AstraZeneca vaccine has been conditionally approved by the Ministry of Health for urgent needs in preventing and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. Since March 2021, the vaccine has been deployed in our country, and is currently the vaccine with the largest number of uses in Vietnam.
According to documents from the World Health Organization and clinical trial studies, AstraZeneca's current COVID-19 vaccine used in Vietnam is effective in protecting against the COVID-19 pathogen from 62 to 90%.
