Bharat Biotech, partner donate 2 lakh vax doses to Vietnam

HYDERABAD: Bharat Biotech, along with its Vietnamese partner Dunc Minh, is donating 2 lakh doses of indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to Vietnam.

The announcement was made by Bharat Biotech’s joint managing director Suchitra Ella on Thursday after a meeting with Vuong Dinh Hue, president of National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in New Delhi.

Bharat Biotech was invited by the Embassy of Vietnam for a one-on-one meeting with the president of the National Assembly to discuss avenues of cooperation, supplies, and technology transfer possibilities.

Covaxin, which received Emergency Use Listing (EUL) from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on November 3 this year, has also been approved by Vietnam.

Duc Minh is Bharat Biotech’s partner in Vietnam. Bharat Biotech has been working with Duc Minh Medical JSC for the commercialization of its inactivated rabies vaccine.

“We believe in vaccine equity, global public health, and having access to the vaccine is vital for national health. I hope everyone in the Republic of Vietnam will take advantage of having access to the widely administered, safe and efficacious Covaxin,” said Krishna Ella, chairman and managing director, Bharat Biotech.