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Allowing benefactors of a Covid-19 vaccine fund to have their employees or nominees vaccinated first would be problematic, Health Minister Deputy Nguyen Thanh Long said Monday. - VnExpress International
Vietnam sets up Covid-19 vaccine fund
By Anh Minh  May 27, 2021 | 09:50 am GMT+7
A medic prepares an AstraZeneca vaccine shot at a healthcare facility in Dong Ha Town of the central Quang Tri Province. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Tao.
The government has approved the establishment of a Covid-19 vaccine fund to raise contributions from various sources and ease the burden on its resources.
It said on Wednesday the fund would accept contributions in the form of cash and vaccines from benefactors in Vietnam and abroad.
To be managed by the Ministry of Finance, it will buy Covid vaccines and also fund studies into and the production of vaccines.
The Ministry of Health held a meeting Friday with a Moderna distributor to discuss supply of the U.S. company’s Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam in the shortest possible time. - VnExpress International