Nearly 1.7 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Vietnam Update: 16-05-2021 | 19:36:44
Vietnam received the second shipment of 1.682 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses through COVAX Facility – the global vaccine access mechanism on May 16 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health.
The vaccine will be preserved at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for examination before distribution to localities for the third phase of vaccination
The batch will be preserved at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for examination before distribution to localities for the third phase of vaccination.
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived the country on April 1.
Vietnam speeds up human trials for second Covid-19 vaccine
By Chi Le April 27, 2021 | 07:52 am GMT+7
A medical staff prepares to inject a shot of Covid-19 vaccine Covivac on a volunteer in Hanoi, March 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Human trials for Vietnam s second homemade Covid-19 vaccine could be completed a month ahead of schedule for commercial production to begin in the fourth quarter.
The progress of testing the Covivac vaccine on humans is being speeded up, but all the steps will guarantee safety and quality for the product, Duong Huu Thai, head of the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), which has developed the vaccine, told
There are "challenges" to securing Covid-19 vaccines, and the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe despite reports of adverse reactions, the Health Ministry has said. - VnExpress International
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Vietnam targets August start for mass Covid-19 vaccine production
By Hoang Thuy April 9, 2021 | 10:33 pm GMT+7
A woman gets a shot of Nanocovax as part of the second phase of its human trials in Hanoi at the Vietnam Military Medical University, March 25, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Chi Le.
Vietnam could start mass production of its own Covid-19 vaccine in August if a three-phase human trial is completed in May.
As scheduled, the third phase of the human trial of the Nanocovax vaccine developed by the HCMC-based Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, will be completed within May in coordination with the Vietnam Military Medical University under the Ministry of National Defense.