The second donation of vaccines from Luxembourg has arrived in Viet Nam

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The Luxembourgish donation of 99.450 doses of BioNTech/Pfizer arrived in Viet Nam at the turn of the year 2021/2022, bringing the total amount of vaccines donated to Viet Nam via the COVAX Facility to more than 51 million doses.

A longstanding supporter of global vaccination efforts, Luxembourg actively engages in multilateral initiatives such as COVAX. In late 2021, Luxembourg doubled its financial contributions to the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment to 4 million EUR in order to support the procurement of vaccines around the world and mitigate the effects of the two-track pandemic.

Luxembourg’s support to immunization programs in Viet Nam in fact date back to the 1990’s and the development of a nationwide vaccine cold chain. B Medical System, the leading manufacturer and distributor of cold chain equipment, has since delivered more than 30.000 blood and vaccine cold chain units. An additional 174 refrigerators arrived in June 2021 through Gavi and UNICEF funded projects which will assist with the storage of vaccines, including Covid-19 vaccine.

Read the full joint statement here.