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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam spoke with 1 of the first 3 volunteers to receive a test vaccine – Photo: L.ANH
Round 3 days after implementing the COVID-19 vaccination test produced by Nanogen Company (Vietnam), Vice Premier Vu Duc Dam and leaders of the Ministry of Health visited volunteers who were being monitored at the Military Medical Research Institute, Military Medical Institute .
One of the 3 volunteers has prepared a portrait of Deputy Prime Minister Dam for his signature.
Speaking with the Deputy Prime Minister and the leaders of the Ministry of Health, the 3 volunteers, including 2 students (20 years old) and 1 teacher (40 years old), said that their health is very good.
“After the injection, I feel a little nervous, but my health is very good now,” said 1 in 3 volunteers.
Immediately after the meeting, the volunteers were able to go home and began to return to their normal work and study life.
The team will continue to vaccinate the entire remaining group of volunteers (nearly 60 people, ages 18 to 50).
The vaccine trial aims to evaluate the safety of the vaccine, with three doses being used: 25 mcg, 50 mcg, and 75 mcg. In March 2021, 600 people 12 years and older are expected to be vaccinated. The March 2021 trial will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine.
According to a research protocol of the Medical Ethics Council of the Ministry of Health, evaluating and approving, phase 1 of the clinical trial of the NanoCovax vaccine has 60 volunteers participating and divided into 3 groups of vaccine doses (20 people are added to the Dosage 25 mg, 20 participants in the 50 mg group, 20 participants in the 75 mg group).
This is the stage where the safest dose is evaluated as a basis for the transition to Stage 2. Stage 2 will evaluate immunogenicity. Phase 3 must be approved by the National Council of Ethics in Biomedical Research before further can be carried out.
On the part of the volunteers, they must be clearly read, explained and advised about their duties, responsibilities when participating in the test injections and ensure that their biological and health indicators are evaluated. normal price.
In Vietnam, there are 4 units developing the COVID-19 vaccine, of which Nanogen is the first unit to advance to human vaccine testing.
In February and March 2021, there will be 2 more Vietnamese vaccines for this pilot period. Currently, Nanogen’s production capacity is 600,000 vaccine doses / Nanocovax production batch, but when capacity increases, the company can provide 5 million doses per month.
According to experts, the current amount of COVID-19 vaccine produced in the world is only 20% of the demand. If Vietnam can produce effective vaccines by itself, it will soon be used by the Vietnamese. use this vaccine.
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