Volunteers receive second shots of Nanocovax vaccine

At the Military Medical University (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –Twenty
volunteers received the second shots of
– a Vietnam-developed COVID-19 vaccine at the on
January 20.

Among them, three people, who had been
injected a dose on December 26, 2020, were given a dose of 50mcg and the
remainders got a dose of 25 mcg. All of the volunteers are now in stable
conditions.

Vietnam has so far gone through more
than half of the first stage of clinical vaccine trials.

Associate Prof. Ho Anh Son, Deputy
Director of the Military Medical University’s Institute of Biomedicine and
Pharmacy,said the test results 7,14 and 28 days after the injection showed that
the vaccine is capable of producing immunity and ensuring safety.

Out of over 500 applicants for the
vaccine trial, more than 200 underwent health check-ups, of whom 51 people are
eligible for the first stage.

The second stage, starting from
February, is expected to conduct trials on 400-600 people aged between 12-17.

The and
the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology will also join in the
vaccine research.

The third stage, scheduled for August,
will see trials on 10,000 – 30,000.

If successful, Vietnam will begin mass
production of the COVID-19 vaccine in early 2022./.