Self-sufficiency in vaccine supply critical to COVID-19 fight: Deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has stressed the need for Vietnam to capitalise on every opportunity to develop and produce COVID-19 vaccines, noting that self-sufficiency in supply is critical to disease prevention and control.
The meeting of the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on June 30 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy PrimeMinister Vu Duc Dam has stressed the need for Vietnam to capitalise on everyopportunity to develop and produce COVID-19 vaccines, noting thatself-sufficiency in supply is critical to disease prevention and control.
He made the remarks at a meeting of the Ministryof Health in Hanoi on June 30 that discussed COVID-19 testing methods andvaccine production in Vietnam and other countries.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long saidmany countries have tested COVID-19 vaccines on mice and chickens before humantrials. In Vietnam, scientists are promoting vaccine development anddetermining a model for mass production that suits the local situation.
Vietnam has been able to conduct both antibodytests (also known as rapid tests) and antigen tests (PCR tests) for thecoronavirus with high precision, which is the result of substantial efforts byhealth scientists, he noted.
In the time ahead the Health Ministry willadjust the strategy for test kit manufacturing to ensure test quality andeffectiveness as well as mass production of test kits.
It will also step up vaccine development andproduction plans, including those for cases of large-scale virus transmission,Long went on.
He added that Vietnam will strive to make use ofglobal technology and experience in coronavirus response and vaccine productionso as to help improve its self-efficiency in vaccine supply./.
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The meeting of the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on June 30 (Photo: VNA) 
