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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs a meeting of permanent Cabinet
members (Photo: VNA)
Chairing a meeting of permanent Cabinet members, the PM asked relevant agencies
to create maximum conditions for domestic units to conduct vaccine research. He
assigned the Ministry of Health to coordinate with the Ministry of Science and
Technology and authorized agencies in determining the vaccine production
capacity of domestic enterprises to take appropriate and timely support
measures.
He also requested using the funds for clinical trials for the right purposes and
in an effective way.
The Ministry of Health should learn experience of countries around the world in
conducting COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials to speed up the testing of NANOGEN's
Nanocovax vaccine in order to soon put it into use, while looking for foreign
partners to cooperate in implementing the phase-three clinical trial of the
domestically produced vaccine, the Government leader noted.
Under the direction and state management of the Ministry of Health, the Vietnam
Military Medical University will coordinate with the Institute of Biotechnology
under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and relevant agencies to
build a project to develop a vaccine research and development centre for
prevention and control of human infectious diseases, including a grade 3 or 4
biosafety laboratory.
Regarding the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines from other countries, the PM
affirmed that a certain volume of vaccines is needed to protect people's health.
He asked the Ministry of Health to soon complete a project to determine the
purchase of an appropriate country's vaccine, and search for more suppliers.
Amid the complicated developments of the pandemic in the world and the region,
PM Phuc stressed that raising vigilance is still the most important measure to
prevent and control the disease.
People nationwide should closely follow the message featuring 5K (in Vietnamese)
Khau trang (facemask) - Khu khuan (disinfection) - Khoang cach (distance) -
Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health declaration) in order to
live safely with the novel coronavirus in ‘new normal’, he said.
Meanwhile, agencies at all levels must prevent violations of quarantine
regulations from repeating and localities, especially big cities, need to
enhance inspections of pandemic prevention and control.
Source: VNA
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