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Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine licensed in Vietnam

The Ministry of Health announced on January 30 that it has approved the use of Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine for pandemic prevention and control in Vietnam.
Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine licensed in Vietnam ảnh 1Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine is licensed in Vietnam. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health announced on January 30 that it has approved the use of Astra ZenecaCOVID-19 vaccine for pandemic prevention and control in Vietnam.

AstraZeneca COVID-19vaccine was co-invented by theUK’s University of Oxford and its spin-out company AstraZeneca. This vaccine is recommended for people aged between18 – 64.

This is the first COVID-19 vaccine licensed by the Ministry of Health for immunization to prevent COVID-19 caused by thecoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam.

According to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, Astra Zeneca pledged tosupply about 30 million doses of vaccine to Vietnam in 2021.

The ministry is working with other partners to increase the number of vaccinesfor Vietnam.

Astra Zeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be available and injected into Vietnamesepeople in the first quarter of this year.

The ministry has also directed domestic vaccine producers to urgently conduct vaccineresearch, clinical trials and production.

The ministry said that Nanogen PharmaceuticalBiotechnology JSC (Nanogen) has completed the first phase of clinicaltrial of Nanocovax vaccine in the first phase, and it will carry out the secondphase of trial in early February.

Meanwhile, the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) in Nha Trang citybegan the first phase of trial for Covivax vaccine on January 21, andthe scheme is expected to be completed at the end of February./. 
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