A total 20,695 medical and other frontline workers nationwide got the COVID-19 shots as of March 16, according to the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation. Reports from the vaccination sites indicate normal post-injection reactions, including fever, redness, swelling, tiredness, headache, muscle pain and nausea. The ministry of Health on March 17 said...

Vietnam began COVID-19 vaccinations in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Duong from Monday morning, using AstraZeneca vaccine. This is part of the first wave of the national vaccination program placed under strict supervision of the Ministry of Health. Injection sites are: Ha Noi: National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, supervised by...

The phase one human trial of the Covid-19 vaccine made by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals will begin on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health said. Covivac, the second Vietnamese-made vaccine to be tested on humans after Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology’s Nanocovax, had received approval in late January. The trial would take...

Health care workers, those who join the COVID-19 combat, diplomats, customs and immigration officers are among the priority groups in the country’s vaccination plan. Health care workers, those who join the COVID-19 combat, diplomats, customs and immigration officers are among the priority groups in the country’s vaccination plan. The Ministry of Health...

Vietnam is expected to secure 60 million doses in 2021 as the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative and AstraZeneca have committed 30 million doses each to the country, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said on February 19. Up to 150 million doses are needed to ensure vaccination for all...

If you have close contact with someone infected with Covid-19, promptly notify the community and take quarantine measures as soon as possible. Covid-19 is an acute pneumonia caused by a new virus called SARS-CoV-2, which can be spread from person to person. The most common symptoms of a new strain coronavirus are...