VOV.VN - The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), working in co-ordination with the Hanoi Medical University, has prepared training ahead of the first phase of clinical trials to test the effectiveness of the home-grown Covivac vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in mid-March.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed three new imported cases of COVID-19 on March 3 morning, raising the national tally of imported cases to 914, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested that the Ministry of Health (MoH) speed up the pace of the national vaccination campaign in order to ensure that it is launched this week.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases on the morning of March 1, keeping the national tally at 2,448, while the total recoveries hit 1,876 in total after a further 32 coronavirus patients were declared free from the virus one day earlier.

VOV.VN - Covivac, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biology (Ivac), will be tested in healthy volunteers in Vietnam on March 3, Ivac has announced.

VOV.VN - The national vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may be delayed slightly due to the need to check the quality of the vaccine, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

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.

VOV.VN - As many as 35 volunteers participated in the second phase of human trials for the locally-produced Nano Covax vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on February 26 at the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - A leading Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) raised concerns regarding the worsening humanitarian situation in Syria during a UNSC meeting on February 25.

VOV.VN - The second phase of human trials for the locally-produced Nano Covax vaccine against COVID-19 were launched on the morning of February 26, following the completion of the first phase to prove the vaccine’s safety.