Volunteers receive advice on December 10 before registering participation in the human trial of Nanocovax, a made-in-Vietnam vaccine against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The (ADB) has provided a 600,000
USD grant in-kind to assist the Vietnamese government in the fight against the
disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
The ADB commends the Vietnamese government for their quick and effective
emergency response to the pandemic, said ADB Country Director for Vietnam
Andrew Jeffries.
“Under strong leadership of the Government and with public self-consciousness,
Vietnam is among few countries that have successfully contained the impact from
the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said in the bank’s news release on December 11.
The grant is funded by two Technical Assistance Special Funds. The first provided
personal protective equipment valued at 500,000 USD to the National Lung
Hospital under the Ministry of Health. The second helped upgrade equipment
valued at 100,000 USD for the Public Health Emergency Operation Centre (PHEOC)
under the Ministry of Health’s General Department of Preventive Medicine.
The personal protective equipment will help protect health workers from
coronavirus transmission, which is essential in the prolonged fight against
COVID-19. The upgraded equipment in the PHEOC will significantly improve the
efficiency of the Ministry of Health’s coordinated activities in the public
health emergency outbreaks.
In April this year, the ADB approved a 20 billion USD expanded assistance
package to support its developing members’ COVID-19 response.
In Vietnam, the ADB has been working with other development partners to
support the government’s ongoing efforts in fighting the COVID-19. Its assistance aims to provide additional resources to strengthen Vietnam’s capacity
for outbreak response./.
Source: VietnamPlus
