Saturday, June 26, 2021 15:53
Finished Covivac vaccine researched and produced by the Nha Trang-based Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC)(Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned the Ministry of Science and Technology to coordinate the research and production of COVID-19 vaccines within the national product development programme by 2030 amid complicated developments of the pandemic nationwide.
Experts said developing vaccines is a decisive and long-term strategy in disease prevention and control in general and in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in particular.
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development of vaccines must be included in the overall strategy of research, technology transfer, and production of vaccines to both proactively preventing and controlling the pandemic, and saving the State budget, they noted.
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