Vietnam to consider home-grown vaccine for emergency usage; another 12,103 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Aug 28)


A market in Dong Da District, in Hanoi has been locked down after a food seller at th venue tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday (Aug 28, 2021). - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Aug 28 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnamese experts will consider licensing the emergency use of the locally-made Nano Covax vaccine in a special meeting to be held on Sunday (Aug 29).

The National Committee for Ethics in Biomedicine Research under the Ministry of Health announced the news in a press release issued Saturday.

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