1.5 million doses of Moderna vaccines arrive in Vietnam
(VOVWORLD) - Up to 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States and channeled through the COVAX Facility touched down at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on July 25.
 Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung, US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Christopher Klein, Kamal Malhotra, resident coordinator of the UN in Vietnam, and Lesley Miller acting representative of UNICEF in Vietnam, are present at the airport to witness the arrival of the latest vaccine doses. |
 Deputy Minister of Health Thuan (R) receives the vaccine. |
 The initial batch to arrival at Noi Bai International Airport is part of a wider commitment of 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses pledged by US President Joe Biden which will be shared throughout the world. |
 Currently the US has supplied the nation with more than five million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as part of its donation of 23 million doses to 20 countries and territories throughout Asia. |
 So far the country has received over 14 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines through various international sources. |
 Specialised trucks are mobilised at the airport in order to transfer the shipment of vaccines to cold storage locations. |
 The Moderna vaccine is developed from messenger RNA, or mRNA, which contains instructions for human cells to construct a harmless piece of COVID-19 known as spike protein, a process which then triggers an immune response in humans. |
 A total of 53 countries and territories globally have been using this method, including the US, Canada, the EU, the UK, Israel, and Singapore. |
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