Covid-19 vaccine: Light faint at the end of the tunnel
By Viet Anh December 22, 2020 | 02:21 pm GMT+7
Batches of Vietnamese Covid-19 vaccine Nanocovax are placed into cold storage, between 2-8 degrees Celsius, at a laboratory in HCMC. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran.
Amidst an apparent global sigh of relief over recent Covid-19 vaccine developments, experts say Vietnam s access to an effective one is fraught with uncertainty. There are different options for Vietnam as well as other developing countries in accessing effective Covid-19 vaccines. The first one is joining the Covax facility, the second is having direct contact with manufacturers, and the third is producing domestic vaccines, Dr. Thu Anh Nguyen, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia, said.
First three volunteers injected with Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine all healthy
By Nguyen Quy, Viet Tuan December 21, 2020 | 01:46 pm GMT+7
A female volunteer has her health checked before being injected with Vietnamese Covid-19 vaccine Nanocovax in Hanoi, December 17, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
The first three volunteers to receive a dose of Nanocovax, Vietnam s first Covid-19 vaccine, are in stable condition three days after injection.
The anonymous volunteers, including two 20-year-old students and a 40-year-old teacher, were vaccinated on Thursday morning at Vietnam Military Medical University in Hanoi as Vietnam officially began human trials of the vaccine developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC.
Vietnam set to complete first Covid-19 vaccine trials by 2022
By Chi Le December 18, 2020 | 05:00 pm GMT+7
A nurse prepares a dose of Nanocovax, the first Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, as its human trials started in Hanoi on December 17, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Three-phase human trials of the first made-in-Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine is scheduled to complete in February 2022 after commencing Thursday.
Human trials of Nanocovax, the first Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, began Thursday morning with two men and a woman in their 20s getting shots at Vietnam Military Medical University in Hanoi.
The vaccine trial will ultimately consist of three phases.
Vietnam begins human trials of Covid-19 vaccine
By Chi Le December 17, 2020 | 10:43 am GMT+7
A man is about to be injected with Nanocovax, the first made-in-Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine in Hanoi, December 17, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Dinh Van.
Human trials of Nanocovax, the first Vietnamese Covid-19 vaccine, began on Thursday morning with the first three subjects getting shots of it.
Two men and a woman, in their 20s, whose identities were not disclosed, were vaccinated at 8:00 a.m. at the Vietnam Military Medical University in Hanoi and were in stable condition after two hours. They will be monitored for 72 hours.
They were chosen from more than 200 volunteers who had registered for the trial of the vaccine developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC.
Vietnam readies for Covid-19 vaccine trial
By Chi Le December 16, 2020 | 03:17 pm GMT+7
Employees of Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC work in a molecular biology room to produce made-in-Vietnam vaccine to be tested on human, December 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran.
Vietnam will select 60 among 200 volunteers to be injected with Nanocovax, the first made-in-Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine approved for human trials, from Thursday.
Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy head of the Administration of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health, confirmed around 200 people had signed up within a week to be vaccinated with Nanocovax, a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC.