Vietnam s 2nd coronavirus vaccine set to begin human trials next month
By Xuan Ngoc, Chi Le  January 20, 2021 | 11:51 am GMT+7
Vials and boxes of Covivac, Vietnam s second Covid-19 vaccine, January 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Xuan Ngoc.
A Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals on Tuesday received approval from the Ministry of Health for human trials.
Covivac will be the second Vietnamese-made vaccine to be tested on humans after the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC began trials last December of its Nanocovax.
The first phase of the trials will require 120 volunteers aged 18-59 and without underlying health conditions, infectious diseases or allergies, the health ministry said.