Sunday, March 14, 2021, 10:08 GMT+7
A health worker receives a shot of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam. Photo: Tuoi Tre
While 26 percent of recipients of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam have exhibited mild to severe local reactions, a health official reassured the reaction rates observed so far are “equivalent” to those in other types of inoculation.
COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam began on Monday, and by Friday about 5,300 people in 12 provinces and cities had received their first jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Among them, 26 percent exhibited local reactions, according to the country’s Preventive Medicine Department (PMD) vice-director Nguyen Minh Hang.
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Friday, March 12, 2021, 14:48 GMT+7
Health workers wait for their turn to receive the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Hai Duong Province, Vietnam. Photo: Reuters
Vietnam on Friday morning recorded two new COVID-19 transmissions in a quarantine center of northern Hai Duong Province, the Ministry of Health announced in a report.
The two cases, patients 2,534 and 2,535, were found infected with the pathogen after spending time in quarantine in the province.
Patient 2,534 was sent to mandatory quarantine on Monday after being detected as a direct contact of a COVID-19 case in Hai Duong.
The patient is receiving treatment at Field Hospital No. 3, which is managed by the Hai Duong General Hospital.