AstraZeneca pledges to deliver more vaccines to Vietnam


A woman receives a vaccine shot as Vietnam starts its official rollout of AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine for health workers, at Hai Duong Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hai Duong province, Vietnam. - Reuters

HANOI, Aug 21 (Bernama): CEO of AstraZeneca Pascal Soriot has pledged to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam on schedule as well as increase vaccine supplies to the country this month, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.

During a phone talk with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday, Soriot said AstraZeneca will also do its best to meet Vietnam’s requests.

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