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A research stage on the COVID-19 vaccine at Nanogen Company – Photo: DUYEN PHAN
The vaccine was tested by Nanogen Company, it has now completed evaluation, tested on animals, and met the standards for human testing, after being evaluated by 2 reputable professional agencies. , one at home and one abroad.
With the decision to administer the trial in humans, 20 healthy volunteers are expected to be vaccinated from December 10-12. A small group of these are expected to inject first and within the next 24-48 hours receive the remainder of the group selected for the test injection.
The Academy of Military Medicine, as usual, was the organizer of this test.
It is expected that 3 months after the test injection in a small group of volunteers, the vaccine will be distributed to a larger group of 400 volunteers, in the form of a “knee roll.”
In Vietnam, there are four units involved in the research and development of the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition to the Nanogen vaccine, which is scheduled to begin a phase 1 clinical trial, two other manufacturers are also in the process of evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccines in animals.
With the remaining production unit, the Health Ministry said it is asking this unit to continue cooperating with Russia and to “actively contact China to have access to the country’s vaccine” – the Ministry of Health statement released late at night said today.
There are around 200 vaccine manufacturers around the world who have participated in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, of which the UK, Germany and the US have promised to prepare the vaccine for the domestic market. In Vietnam, a responsible official said that if all goes well, by the end of 2021, Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine will complete all stages of production and research.
At the moment, this is the fastest researched vaccine in the history of vaccine production in Vietnam.
