Vietnam eyeing own Covid-19 vaccine by end of 2021: health official


Researchers at Vabiotech company taking serum samples from mice injected with a Covid-19 vaccine candidate to assess immune response in late May. — VNA/VNS

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): With the current progress, Vietnam is hopeful of having a safe and effective domestically made Covid-19 vaccine by the end of 2021, a health official said.

Nguyen Ngo Quang, Vice Director of the Administration of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health, made the remarks at a Wednesday (July 22) meeting on speeding up the Covid-19 vaccine and regulations in Vietnam amid the current state of public health emergency.

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