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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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