Spraying chemicals at a quarantine area (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –
Vietnam had two new COVID-19 cases to report over
the last 24 hours, according to the National Steering Committee for
COVID-19
Prevention and Control.
The new cases were quarantined right after their arrival in the south-central
province of Binh Thuan and the central city of Da Nang.
This
brought the national tally of COVID-19 to 1,413, the committee reported.
Vietnam has so far successfully treated 1,269 COVID-19 patients and kept the
fatalities at 35.
Among the patients still under treatment, 10 have tested negative for the virus
once, six twice and four thrice.
A total of 17,220 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or
Saturday, December 12, 2020 17:07
The first person is vaccinated with Nanocovax, a made-in-Vietnam vaccine, at the Military Medical Academy on December 17. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The first human trial of
COVID-19 vaccine Nanocovax began in Vietnam on December 17 with the first three
volunteers, one man and two women aged 20-25, receiving injections at the
Military Medical Academy.
Nanocovax, developed by the Nanogen Pharmaceutical
Biotechnology JSC, is the first Vietnam-made
COVID-19 vaccine to enter human
trials, with another two from other manufacturers to follow in February and
March 2021.
The first candidates are among 60 volunteers, aged 18-50,
selected for the first phase of the vaccine trials. They are divided into three