Vietnam says Pfizer to provide 20 million vaccine doses, consider tech transfer

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The additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines would be used for 12-18 year olds, its health ministry said in a statement. It comes a day after Vietnam said it would offer the vaccine as a second dose option for people inoculated with one shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Authorities reopened some of its markets on Wednesday after complaints about shortages of fruit, vegetables and meat, the government said, adding that it would also use local post offices to distribute food.

The additional supply of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines would bring the number of doses of the vaccine to 47 million set to be delivered by the fourth quarter of this year, the health ministry said in a statement.

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