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File Photo: Healthcare professionals are holding a vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during an epidemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, NY, USA. January 29, 2021. REUTERS / Mike Segar

July 10, 2021

Hanoi (Reuters) -Vietnam received the first shipment of the Modena corona virus vaccine donated by the US government as Southeast Asian countries fight the worst outbreak, the US Embassy in Hanoi said on Saturday.

The embassy said in an e-mail statement that the cargo, delivered via a COVAX shared facility, will be the 80 million shipments that President Joe Biden has committed to support global needs from the US vaccine supply. He said it was part of the vaccination.

After successfully containing the coronavirus in most of the pandemics, Vietnam has faced a more stubborn outbreak since late April and is calling on the government to accelerate vaccination.

The Ministry of Health reported 1,625 new infections on Friday. This is the fifth consecutive day of over 1,000 cases. Vietnam has recorded 26,600 infections and 110 deaths overall, which is still relatively low compared to European countries, India and the United States.

Most of Vietnams new incidents have occurred in the epicenter of Ho Chi Minh City, and on Friday, along with several other cities, a 15-day widespread travel restriction began.

State media reports that half of Modernas dose will be poured into 9 million people in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

Vietnam has been vaccinated about 8 million times so far, most of which are under international COVAX sharing facilities. Although more than 4 million doses have been given, only about 258,000 are fully vaccinated out of a total population of 98 million.

(Report by James Pearson; Edited by Tom Hogue)

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