Ministry grants conditional approval of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
The Health Ministry on June 12 granted conditional approval of Comirnaty vaccine manufactured by Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium NV and Germany’s BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH for domestic emergency use in the fight against COVID-19.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Health Ministry on June12 granted conditional approval of Comirnaty vaccine manufactured by Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium NV and Germany’s BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH for domestic emergency use in the fight against COVID-19.
This is the fourth vaccine to receive such authorisation, following Oxford/AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Sinopharm’s Vero Cell.
According to the approval decision, the vaccine comes in doses of 0.3ml of mRNA molecules protected by lipid nanoparticles.
The packaging is described as trays of 195 vials, with each vial holding six doses of vaccine.
🅠 The ministry asked the Drug Administration ofVietnam to license the import of Comirnaty vaccine as well as oversee itsquality in line with the regulations.
TheAdministration of Science Technology and Training was directed to choosequalified units to assess the safety and efficiency of Comirnaty vaccine basedon feedback from the ministry’s advisory board on the use of vaccines andmedical biologicals during the use.
🤪 TheGeneral Department of Preventive Medicine was responsible for Cormirnatyvaccination while the National Institute for Vaccines and Biologicals must testand grant a certificate for the vaccine before it is put into use.
Previously, the health ministry said it had negotiated for a deal of 31 million doses of Pfizer and the first shipment could likely arrive between now and July.
♔ Last week, during a meeting with UNICEF Representative in Vietnam Rana Flowers, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has also expressed his request for COVAX Facility – the global vaccine sharing initiative – to supply Pfizer vaccine to be used for Vietnamese children aged 12-18.
As of 4pm on June 12, 1,454,221 doses of vaccines – mostly AstraZeneca – have been administered in Vietnam since the inoculation drive started in March 8, 2021. 54,385 people have received the full two doses./.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long proposed that Australia, France, and Switzerland create the conditions needed for Vietnam to access more COVID-19 vaccine sources during separate meetings with the countries’ ambassadors in Hanoi on June 8.
Vietnam is accelerating efforts to secure adequate vaccine supplies amidst a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the country, said Dr Le Hong Hiep, a Senior Fellow at Singapore-based ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, in a commentary published on fulcrum.sg on June 8.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
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