Vietnam extends Moderna vaccine expiry date by two months

Two bottles of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in Connecticut, the U.S., April 2021. Photo by AFP

The health ministry on Thursday extended the expiry date of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from seven to nine months under storage of minus 25 to minus 15 degrees Celsius.

The extended expiry date apply to Moderna batches imported into Vietnam from Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said.

"The update on expiry date does not change the vaccine's quality, safety and effectiveness," the ministry said, adding that the extension is applied globally by Moderna, not just in Vietnam.

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