Vietnam's Covivac - Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial begins


Professor Tran Van Thuan, Deputy Minister of Health (standing, second right) and other experts from the Ministry of Health and the Hanoi Medical University, witness the Covivac vaccine injection for a volunteer at the university. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, March 16 (Vietnam Niews/ANN): A second Vietnamese Covid-19 vaccine entered the first phase of clinical trials, the Ministry of Health has annunced.

Six volunteers were injected with the Covivac vaccine, researched and produced by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), at the HanoiMedical University.

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