Deputy PM orders all-out efforts for import of COVID-19 vaccines
All possible measures must be taken and all obstacles must be addressed to soon secure COVID-19 vaccines, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, at a meeting on May 31.
Hanoi (VNA) – All possible measures must be takenand all obstacles must be addressed to soon secure COVID-19 vaccines, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control, said at a meeting on May 31.
According a report presented by the Ministry of Health at the meeting, toward the goal of reaching herd immunity by the end of 2021, the ministryhas worked drastically on the mission over the past months via meetings andnegotiations with vaccine producers, as well as health units and diplomaticrepresentatives of countries that produce the vaccines.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long affirmed that the target ofimporting 150 million doses of vaccines this year is possible.
He also encouraged all capable localities and businesses to join hands in importing the vaccines.
Currently, Vietnam has 27 companies that have the function ofimporting and trading vaccines. The Ministry of Health has to date licensed AstraZenecaand Sputnik V vaccines and is reviewing records of two other vaccines.
Acknowledging such efforts, Dam noted vaccines that havebeen licensed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), even if their manufacturers have yet to apply for a licensein Vietnam, can still be imported. For the vaccines that have yet to get a licence from WHO but havingbeen licensed for use by other countries, the ministry will immediately licencethese vaccines when a local company can access them, he said.
Long informed that if the application for a licence is valid, thelicence can be granted within five days.
The Deputy PM stated that Vietnam always adheres to the UN’sprinciple of fair vaccine access. He requested the Ministry of Health to urgently issue a circularguiding the registration for circulation in urgent cases for COVID-19 vaccines with simplifiedprocedures, ensuring that all capable businesses are guided and provided with the best conditions.
In the coming time, the Ministry of Health will continue tointroduce policies to encourage more localities and businesses to participatein the nation’s search for COVID-19 vaccines, Long said, adding that it will create best conditions possiblefor all localities, units and businesses in vaccine importing, licesing and testingprocesses./.
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Vietnam must apply the principle of "5K plus vaccine and technology" in preventing and controlling COVID-19 to ensure that the pandemic is curbed early and remotely, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam (Photo: VNA) 
