A virtual race is underway to raise money for Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund, with the message “Steps for Solidarity”, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration.
VOV.VN - A COVID-19 vaccine fund made its debut on June 5 evening in Hanoi, featuring the participation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, officials from the Vietnam Fatherland Front, ministries, sectors, and socio-political organisations, business community representatives and others.
The clinical trials of Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine candidate Nano Covax are set to enter Phase 3 this month with the optimal dosage of 25mcg, aiming to further test the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in humans before mass production begins.
VOV.VN - A further 75 fresh domestic cases were confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in four Vietnamese localities over the past 12 hours, while two more imported infections were detected in Tay Ninh province, the Ministry of Health reported on June 5 morning.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Vietnamese community there on June 3 held a fund-raising event to support COVID-19 prevention and control efforts at home, especially the COVID-19 vaccine fund.
VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long held an online working session with representatives of Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company on the morning of June 4 to discuss the import of COVID-19 vaccine from the firm into Vietnam.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has granted approval for the local use of China’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in the event of an emergency.
A text message campaign for making donations to the fight against COVID-19 and the “vaccines for workers” programme were launched in Hanoi on June 3 as Vietnam exerts every effort to contain its latest outbreak.
VOV.VN - An additional 52 new domestic cases of COVID-19 were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in four Vietnamese localities, including 35 in Bac Giang, 14 in Bac Ninh, 2 in Hanoi and 1 in Thai Binh, the Ministry of Health reported on June 4 morning.
VOV.VN - Vietnam is one of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region to receive seven million doses of the US-made coronavirus vaccines through the United Nations-run COVAX.