Vietnam to buy up to 150 million doses of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine


A health worker wearing protective clothing makes a swab test for coronavirus on residents at Hoan Kiem district medical centre in Hanoi. Vietnam's Ministry of Health has registered to purchase millions of doses of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine, state media has reported. - AFP

HANOI, Aug 16 (dpa): Vietnam's Ministry of Health has registered to purchase millions of doses of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine, state media has reported.

Vietnam will buy between 50 million and 150 million doses of the vaccine, according to a report in state-run newspaper Tuoi Tre.

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