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Vietnam to mix Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines – media – Metro US

Vietnam to mix Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines – media

FILE PHOTO: Moderna COVID vaccine
FILE PHOTO: Moderna COVID vaccine

(Refiles to show report was Wednesday)

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s health ministry will offer the coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech as a second dose option for people first inoculated with the Moderna vaccine, state media reported on Wednesday.

The ministry had approved the mixed regimen, which is due to low supplies of the Moderna vaccine. Both vaccines are of the Messenger RNA (mRNA) type.

(Editing by Martin Petty)