A health worker in Hanoi holds up a vial of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. — VNA/VNS
HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): The Vietnamese health ministry's vaccine advisory body has just announced that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna can be used interchangeably as first and second doses, amid supply shortage.
Localities are supposed to set plans/reserve second doses as more Moderna supplies are currently not available, but in the push for a larger uptake of the first dose of vaccine in many Covid-19 hot spots, including HCM City, health authorities have decided to use up all the vaccines they are allocated.
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