An area where volunteers will be monitored after they receive shots at the (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The second phase of the
human trials of Nano Covax, a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, will begin on February
26, following the first phase that has been proven safe.
As many as 560 volunteers, aged from 18 to 65, will
participate in the second phase, according to Nguyen Ngo Quang, Deputy Director
of the Department of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of
Health.
The testing will be carried out at the Vietnam
Military Medical University in Hanoi and in the Mekong Delta province of Long An by the HCM City-based Pasteur Institute.
Unlike the first phase when volunteers got the doses
of 25mcg, 50mcg and 75mcg, this phase’s volunteers will be injected with only
50mcg and 75mcg doses, according to the health official.
Most of the volunteers of the first phase that begun on
December 17, 2020 are in stable conditions after vaccination. Only few reported pain at the injection spot and fever that disappeared after one to two days.
Developed by the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
JSC, is the first Vietnam-made to enter human
trials, with another two from other manufacturers to follow in February and
March.
Vietnam is one of the 40 countries that have conducted
of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The country also has several other COVID-19 candidate
vaccines being developed, by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals
(IVAC), the Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (VABIOTECH), and
the Centre for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals (POLYVAC)./.
Source: VietnamPlus
