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Best conditions created for trial of homegrown vaccines

The Standing Board of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed to create the best possible conditions for the trial of homegrown vaccines.
Best conditions created for trial of homegrown vaccines ảnh 1Nano Covax vaccine is researched and developed by the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The Standing Board of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed to create the best possible conditions for the trial ofhomegrown vaccines.

If the trial goes well, in the context ofvaccine scarcity the Ministry of Health will submit to competent agencies forapproval of the use of homegrown vaccines in emergency circumstances.

Several companies haveinvested in plants and are seeking vaccine production technologies both in andoutside the country. At least one large-scale COVID-19 vaccine production plantis scheduled to be put in operation in late 2021 or early 2022.

The Ministry of Health hasurged the Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (VABIOTECH) to conduct procedures to receive Sputnik V vaccine productiontechnology from Russia in two phases. In the first phase, the company will import materialsfrom Russia for bottling and production is expected to begin in July.

The Ministry of Health willcoordinate with ministries and sectors to submit to the Government a proposalon accessing all vaccine supply sources in the world towards the goal ofachieving herd immunity by the end of 2021, and create mechanisms to facilitateinvestors’ investment in the production of vaccines in the country to serve notonly domestic use but also export./.
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