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<br>By Khanh Vu<br> <br>HANOI, May 7 (Reuters) - Vietnam's health ministry on Friday reported its first death in a patient who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine shot, as the country is battling a new outbreak.<br> <br>A 35[http://www.covnews.com/archives/search/?searchthis=-year-old%20female -year-old female] health worker in the southern province of An [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour hà nội hà giang] died on Friday, one day after she received her first coronavirus vaccine shot, the Ministry of Health said in a statement, adding that she died from allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis.<br> <br>"This is a very rare case in the vaccination against COVID-19," the ministry said in the statement.<br> <br>The Southeast Asian [http://www.alexa.com/search?q=country&r=topsites_index&p=bigtop country] has inoculated around 750,000 people against the coronavirus since it started its vaccination campaign early March, according to the ministry.<br><br>All of the shots used are from AstraZeneca.<br> <br>Vietnam has been praised for its record in containing its outbreaks quickly through targeted mass testing and a strict,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour hà nội hà giang] centralised quarantine programme.<br> <br>Friday's death comes as the country is battling a new outbreak that began early last week and is spreading rapidly in many parts of the country,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour hà giang 3 ngày 2 đêm] including the capital Hanoi.<br> <br>The ministry reported 47 new infections on Friday, raising the total number of cases in the country to 3,137, with 35 deaths.<br> <br>The government last week said its COVID-19 vaccine rollout would be expedited, with the aim of administering all of the 928,800 AstraZeneca doses it had received so far by May 15.<br><br>(Reporting by Khanh Vu, editing by Louise Heavens)<br>