First six volunteers receive second shots in Covivac vaccine trials
Six volunteers participating in the human trials of Vietnam’s second homegrown candidate vaccine Covivac got their second shots of the vaccine on April 12.
Hanoi (VNA) – Six volunteers participating in the human trials of Vietnam’s second homegrown candidate vaccine Covivac gottheir second shots of the vaccine on April 12.
They are the first out of thetotal 120 volunteers in the trials to receive the second shot, which is administered 28 days after the first one.
Since the start of the trials (March 15), 96 volunteers have been injected with the first shot and the remainder are expected to be inoculated by April 18.
In July, a mid-term report on the vaccine's trials is planned to bedone.
Covivac, which was developed by the Health Ministry’sInstitute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals, is in the first stage ofclinical testing by the Hanoi Medical University’s Centre of ClinicalPharmacology.
According to Associate Professor, Dr Pham Thi Van Anh, headof the centre, 66 volunteers showed slight reactions like swelling in injectedarea and headache, which disappeared within 24 hours after injection without need for treatment, and no serious side effects were seen during the seven days after injection.
According to Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan, theministry is expecting that Vietnam will have its own vaccine for use and evenexport between late 2021 and early 2022./.
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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 
