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The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has just sent to the Department of Preventive Medicine, the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, the priority list of Covid-19 vaccination in the city, including 44,175 people.
According to the deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, Nguyen Huu Hung, the priority list includes 285 doctors treating Covid-19 patients in hospitals, 388 members of the traceability team, 1,362 employees participating in the investigation. Epidemiology, 600 people in the army. force, 1,042 policemen, 38,000 people from the Covid-19 community group, 1,710 employees taking samples for tests, 513 employees in the isolation room, 275 officers directly vaccinating the Covid -19 vaccine.
This list is reviewed and statistically based on the information form collected according to the official letter from the Department of Preventive Medicine, which the Ministry of Health sent to the units on March 2.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City does not have any active outbreaks in the community, so the city has not identified priority areas for vaccination.
On March 1, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health assigned the Department of Pharmaceutical Professionals to work directly with the vaccine supplier, verify and re-evaluate the supplies and equipment for the preservation of vaccines in different locations.
On the morning of March 5, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that the first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to be injected into the Vietnamese people on March 8. More than 117,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine returned to Vietnam on February 24.
According to the plan, on March 6, the Ministry of Health will hold a conference on the implementation of the vaccination plan for the Covid-19 vaccine, national training on the reception, use and storage of vaccines, as well as the management of complications. post-injection …
It was expected in April to add about 1.3 million doses of Covax vaccine, in May to add the vaccine purchased below.
Today, the Institute for Vaccines and Medical Biology began accepting registration documents for the first phase of the Covivac vaccine clinical trial. The way to register is to go directly to Hanoi Medical University, by phone, email or website.
Covivac, researched and developed by IVAC, is Vietnam’s second Covid-19 vaccine to be clinically tested in humans. The first test shot is scheduled for mid-March.
Additionally, Nanocovax produced by Nanogen has now entered a second phase of testing. Another unit that is also working on the Covid-19 vaccine, Vabiotech, is preparing to submit a clinical trial application.
Second test injection of the Covid-19 Nanocovax vaccine in Hanoi on the morning of February 26. Picture: Giang Huy.
