Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 554 volunteersjoining the second-stage human trials of home-grown Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccinegot the second shots over the past 14 days.
Associate Prf., Dr. Chu Van Men, Director of theMilitary Medical University’s Centre for Clinical Trials and Bioequivalence,said on April 8 that among the volunteers, 278 received the jabs from theuniversity, while 276 others in Ben Luc district, the Mekong Delta province ofLong An, were vaccinated by HCM City-based Pasteur Institute.
After the injection, the volunteers exhibitedsymptoms such as l♕ight fever, injection site pai𝐆n, muscle aches, joint pain andfatigue, which did not require medical intervention. They are now in stableconditions.
A preliminary report on testing results is scheduledto be issued this May.
The third phase of human trials is expected to cover10,000 – 15,000 people in both Vietnam and other countries.
The first-stage trials of Nano Covax showed that thevaccinated volunteers have had antibodies against the UK variant (B117). Phase2 focuses on seeking antibodies against the UK and South Africa variants,according to Men.
Navo Covax, developed by the Nanogen PharmaceuticalBiotechnology JSC, is the first COVID-19 vaccine of Vietnam to be tested inclinical trials.
The country also has other COVID-19 candidatevaccines under development: IVAC from the Institute of Vaccines and MedicalBiologicals, VABIOTECH from the Company for Vaccine and Biological ProductionNo 1, and POLYVAC from the Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines andBiologicals.
Vietnam ex💎pects to have the first batch oflocally-produced COVID-19 vaccines at the end of the third quarter of 2021./.
The Military Medical University under the Ministry of National Defence on March 25 began giving the second shots of the Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine in the second trial phase to 26 volunteers who receive the first jabs between February 26 and March 10.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac on March 26 received the jabs of Vietnamese-made COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, as part of the second phase of human trials.
The time for research and production of Nano Covax, Vietnam’s first candidate vaccine to reach human trial stage, has been shortened as much as possible, but safety has been ensured. Prof, Dr. Do Quyet, Director of the Hanoi-based Vietnam Military Medical University made the remarks on March 26 when the second shots of Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine were given to volunteers.
Two COVID-19 vaccines Nano Covax and Covivac, which were studied and developed in Vietnam, have proved to be safe and effective in the first and second clinical trials.
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Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine (Photo: vneconomy.vn) 
