Vietnam approves Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use

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Vietnam has approved the Covid-19 vaccine jointly made by Pfizer and BioNTech for domestic emergency use, the government said.

It is the fourth vaccine to be endorsed in the Southeast Asian country that is tackling a new outbreak, Reuters reports.

Vietnam, which has previously approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, Russia's Sputnik V and China's Sinopharm vaccine, said it is seeking to procure 31 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech version for delivery in the next quarter.

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