PM urges strong measures to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine testing
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 21 asked vaccine research units to take strong measures, and suitable and creative methods to speed up vaccine trials in the country.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs a meeting of permanent Cabinet members (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc onDecember 21 asked vaccine research units to take strong measures, and suitableand creative methods to speed up vaccine trials in the country.
Chairing a meeting of permanent Cabinet members, the PM asked relevantagencies to create maximum conditions for domestic units to conduct vaccine research.He assigned the Ministry of Health to coordinate with the Ministry of Scienceand Technology and authorized agencies in determining the vaccine productioncapacity of domestic enterprises to take appropriate and timely supportmeasures.
He also requested using the funds for clinical trials for the right purposesand in an effective way.
The Ministry of Health should learn experience of countries around the world inconducting COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials to speed up the testing ofNANOGEN's Nanocovax vaccine in order to soon put it into use, while looking for foreign partners to cooperate in implementingthe phase-three clinical trial of the domestically produced vaccine, the Government leader noted.
Underthe direction and state management of the Ministry of Health, the Vietnam MilitaryMedical University will coordinate with the Institute of Biotechnology underthe Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and relevant agencies to build aproject to develop a vaccine research and development centre for prevention andcontrol of human infectious diseases, including a grade 3 or 4 biosafetylaboratory.
Regardingthe purchase of COVID-19 vaccines from other countries, the PM affirmed that a certainvolume of vaccines is needed to protect people's health. He asked the Ministryof Health to soon complete a project to determine the purchase of anappropriate country's vaccine, and search for more suppliers.
Amid the complicated developments of the pandemicin the world and the region, PM Phuc stressed that raising vigilance is stillthe most important measure to prevent and control the disease.
People nationwide should closely follow the message featuring 5K (inVietnamese) Khau trang (facemask) - Khu khuan (disinfection) - Khoang cach (distance) - Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health declaration) inorder to live safely with the novel coronavirus in‘new normal’, he said.
Meanwhile, agencies at all levels must prevent violations of quarantine regulationsfrom repeating and localities, especially big cities, need to enhanceinspections of pandemic prevention and control./.
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The first three volunteers receiving Nano Covax - the Vietnamese-made anti-COVID-19 vaccine - are in good health conditions 72 hours after injection, with all indications proving that the vaccine is safe for human, according to the Ministry of Health and Military Medical Academy.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs a meeting of permanent Cabinet members (Photo: VNA) 
