Vietnam to buy 20 mln doses of Sputnik V vaccine this year
The Peninsula
HANOI: Vietnam's health minister said on Wednesday that Russia had agreed to provide it with 20 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V this year, as the Southeast Asian country races to secure supplies to expedite mass inoculations.
Vietnam approved the Russian vaccine in March but has stepped up its procurement push after being hit by its biggest outbreak so far, although its overall cases and fatality numbers remain relatively low. "Vietnam is trying to get access to COVID-19 vaccine sources to speed up its vaccination rollout at the earliest," Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said in a statement announcing the Sputnik V agreement.More Related News