Tag: variant-strain
COVID-19: Made-in-Vietnam vaccine protects people against UK variant
VOV.VN - Nano Covax, Vietnam’s first locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine, has elicited a host of antibodies that help to protect those injected against the B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which originates from the UK, according to a leading Vietnamese scientist.
Deceased Japanese expert infected with new virus variant: Health Minister
VOV.VN - A Japanese expert who died in Hanoi on February 13 has been infected with a new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.
A returnee from the US infected with COVID-19
VOV.VN - A Vietnamese returnee from the United States has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, bringing Vietnam’s tally of coronavirus infections to 1,421, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Vietnam cautious about latest SARS-CoV-2 virus mutation
VOV.VN - Vietnam has raised concerns about the detection of a mutation of the SARS-CoV2 virus in the UK and is closely monitoring the situation in order to come up with appropriate prevention measures, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.