Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam visits the volunteers on December 20. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The first three volunteers
receiving – the Vietnamese-made – are in good
health conditions 72 hours after injection, with all indications proving
that the vaccine is safe for human, according to the Ministry of Health and
Military Medical Academy.
The initial results of the vaccine on human were reported to
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam who visited the volunteers on December 20.
As no abnormal reaction has been found on the volunteers, one
man and two women aged 20-25, on December 21, the Military Medical Academy is
scheduled to administer the vaccine on the remaining volunteers who registered for the first phase of the
trial.
According to leaders of the academy, after reviewing records
of the vaccine’s effects on mouse and monkey, experts hope that following the
second and third phases, the immunogenesis of the vaccine will be fully assessed and meet the requirements.
The trial will have three phases. In the first, the
vaccine will be injected into 60 persons who are divided into three groups to
receive different doses of 25 mcg, 50mcg, and 75mcg.
The objective of the first phase is to evaluate the safety
of the vaccine. Following the success of the first phase, the second will
involve 400-600 people to define the optimal dose, and the third will see
the engagement of at least 1,500-3,000 people. The figure may be expanded to
10,000-30,000.
After the third phase, the vaccine’s safety, immunogenesis and effectiveness are expected to be assessed.
The Ministry of Health has created all favourable conditions
to shorten the time for the trial phases compared to the normal conditions, but
still ensuring all steps, safety and scientific requirements.
Deputy Prime Minister Dam spoke highly of the efforts
of the , the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Military
Medical Academy as well as the research and production units of the vaccine.
He said that the implementation of the vaccine’s trial
phases must be continued with the full observation of regulations of the Ministry
of Health in a safe and prompt manner.
“If the trial is successful, it would be not only a pride of the health
science and healthcare sector but also an effective tool to fight the pandemic,”
stated the Deputy PM.
Citing experience from the production of medical bio-products for ,
the Deputy PM asked the research and production units as well as State
management agencies to work closely with one another to “race against the time”, while
continue preparing necessary conditions for the next steps following the
success of the vaccine trials, with calculation for both good and bad circumstances.
In the context of high prices and limited supply of the vaccines against the pandemic in
the world, the acceleration of the research and production
of the vaccine inside the country is necessary, said a leader of the Ministry
of Health.
However, Deputy PM Dam underlined that vaccination is still a
future matter, highlighting the need to focus on preventive measures against
the pandemic.
He asked the Ministry of Science and Technology, the
Military Medical Academy, and the Bio-Technology Institute to build and develop
a centre for the research and development of vaccines against newly-emerging
pandemics, including the construction of a bio-safety lab at at least Level Three, thus helping the country become ready for new pandemics and disasters
related to human’s health in the future.
He also agreed with the proposal of the Military Medical
Academy on the increase of training for response against emergency cases and
disasters in schools and medical training facilities./.
Source: VietnamPlus
