At least one domestic COVID-19 vaccine to be licenced by year-end: Deputy PM

by VTV415 September 2021 Last updated at 09:00 AM

VTV.vn - At least one home-grown COVID-19 vaccine will be licensed for use by the end of this year, according to Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health.

He revealed the information during a meeting on research, technology transfer and clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines and medicines in Hanoi on September 14.

At the meeting, experts and scientists hailed positive signs from Vietnam's vaccine development projects and strategy to buy, import and export COVID-19 vaccines.

As scientists said that SARS-CoV-2 will continue to exist, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also deputy head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, underlined the importance of meticulous preparation.

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