Cuba will give Vietnam a large batch of vaccine from Coronavirus ABDALA, as well as its production technology. This is reported by the Reuters agency with reference to the Department of Health of Vietnam.
Cuba will send a large number of doses of vaccine in Vietnam [from COVID-19], as well as a group of specialists who will transmit technologies and help to establish production [drug], “the Ministry of Health said. The exact amount of vaccine doses, which will be sent to Vietnam, is not specified.
In June, Cubans stated that according to the results of clinical trials, their three-component vaccine ABDALA has shown efficiency at 92.28 percent.
In July, Vietnam collided with a sharp increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection. According to statistics, the number of infections has increased from 200 cases to 12 thousand per day. At the same time, the indicators of the vaccination of the population, formally started in March, are at an extremely low level. As of mid-August, only about 1.8 million people vaccinated, which is 1.9 percent of the country’s 98 million people.
In addition to Cuba, Vietnam’s authorities are negotiating the localization of vaccine production with the American Pfizer Corporation. The country’s Ministry of Health stated that as of the end of August, the country received about 23 million doses of vaccine, another 50 million is planned to receive until the end of this year.