HCM City’s health sector ensures adequate vaccines as part of an expanded vaccination programme. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — The health sector in HCM City currently ensures adequate vaccines as part of an expanded vaccination programme. Any shortage of service vaccines depends on the agencies providing them, not the mandatory programme of the Ministry …
Read More »Việt Nam gears up for rollout of fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots
Elderly people in Tây Mỗ Ward, Nam Từ Liêm District, Hà Nội receive COVID-19 vaccines in early 2022. Seniors are set to be the first to get the fourth vaccine shots in the upcoming rollout. — VNA/- VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese health ministry …
Read More »Pasteur Institute seeks 3,000 volunteers for COVID vaccine nasal spray trial
COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine project staff at Nha Trang Pasteur Institute sorted volunteers’ document files for the trial. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Nha Trang Pasteur Institute in the south-central province of Khánh Hoà said it is recruiting 3,000 vaccinated adult volunteers for the Phase 3 clinical trial of a …
Read More »Retired female health workers remain on the frontlines against COVID
Phan Thị Thuý (left), a retired nurse, is still working at the clinic in Đại Điền Commune, Thạnh Phú District, to support her colleagues as they fight the pandemic. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chương Đài BẾN TRE — Over many months, the southern province of Bến Tre has gradually controlled …
Read More »Việt Nam hits milestone of 200 million COVID vaccine doses administered
An elderly woman in Hàng Bông Ward, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hà Nội receiving a vaccine in early February 2022. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam on Sunday crossed the mark of 200 million COVID-19 vaccines administered, just over a year since the ‘historic inoculation …
Read More »AstraZeneca’s COVID antibody drugs will soon be available in Việt Nam
AstraZeneca’s Evusheld vials. — Photo courtesy of the company HÀ NỘI — A private hospital system in Việt Nam said on Thursday they are set to soon use AstraZeneca’s Evusheld, a long-acting antibody combination (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab), for the prevention of COVID-19 for the most at-risk groups of …
Read More »Việt Nam administers 198mln COVID-19 vaccine doses, one year on from start of historic campaign
A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot to administer to staff at a factory in the northern province of Bắc Giang on February 16, 2022. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Danh Lam HÀ NỘI — The very first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered in Việt Nam on …
Read More »Việt Nam reports record COVID cases for 7th day in a row: over 94,300 infections
Workers in factories of Bắc Giang Province receive COVID-19 booster shots. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Đồng Thuý HÀ NỘI — With a total of 94,385 cases of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours, Việt Nam has seen a record-breaking single-day increase for the seventh day in a …
Read More »Việt Nam to receive mRNA vaccine technology transfer from WHO training hub
Vials of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. — Photo from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) GENEVA — Việt Nam is among five countries newly selected to receive mRNA vaccine technology transfer from a global biomanufacturing training hub established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in South Africa. Việt Nam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and …
Read More »Vaccinations should be deployed among children aged 5-11 as cases rise: official
It is recommended that children in the 5-11 age group be vaccinated with two doses. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Children in the 5-11 age group should be vaccinated with two doses, including those who have recovered from COVID-19, given the increasing number of infections and severe cases among children, according …
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