The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for countries to proactively boost vaccine manufacturing capacity and Vietnam is not an exception, according to experts.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on October 14 allowed localities to vaccinate children aged 12 to 18 against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
VOV.VN - Between 47 and 50 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are set to be delivered to Vietnam during the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) on July 9 received an additional 580,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is going to launch the largest ever vaccination campaign in an effort to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - Addressing a COVID-19 review meeting in Hanoi on June 11, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said efforts are needed to ensure all employees working at industrial parks nationwide are vaccinated against the virus by August, 2021.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested on June 7 that the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and other relevant agencies create the best possible conditions to boost the research and production of domestically-made COVID-19 vaccines.
VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong on June 3 advised people to wear a face mask in public places to prevent them from getting infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus as its variants are said to spread through both droplets and the air.
VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to launch the third phase of its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign over the coming days in an effort to increase the amount of local people being vaccinated against the pandemic.
VOV.VN - As many as 200 people have registered to participate in clinical trials for the locally-produced Nanocovax vaccine, with screening underway to select 60 people aged between 18 and 50 for the first phase, said Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health on December 16.