Countries developing covid 19 vaccine

Vietnam has signed three deals on vaccine tech transfer with partners from Japan, Russia, and the US. Vietnamese Vaccine and Biological Production Company No.1 (VABIOTECH) and AIC Group JSC have signed a contract with Japanese Shionogi & Co., Ltd to produce Covid-19 vaccines based on recombinant DNA protein technology. Inside a plant producing Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: Kinh Te Do Thi Under the deal, which was subject to a confidentiality agreement, local partners will produce recombinant protein-based vaccines, according to the Ministry of Health. The vaccine rollout is expected to take place in June 2022. According to Osaka-based pharmaceutical firm Shionogi, the recombinant protein vaccine contains the target antigen protein manufactured based on the genetic information of the virus. The vaccine is manufactured based on established technology and several vaccines such as influenza prophylactic vaccine utilizing Baculovirus Expression …

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They are among 13,000 volunteers involving in the third trial phase, 1,000 of whom already received the second doses on July 22. Lieutenant Colonel Assoc. Prof., Dr. Chu Van Men, Director of the Center for Clinical Trials and Bioequivalence under the Military Medical University, said that all the volunteers, receiving only the 25mcg doses, are in stable health conditions. Nano Covax has been developed by the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC based on recombinant DNA/protein technology from May 2020. It went through the first phase trial from December 18, 2020, and the second phase from February 26, 2021. The third phase started on June 11, 2021. Results from the first two trial phases showed that all volunteers developed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. The Ministry of Health and the National Council of Ethics in Biomedical Research on June 25 agreed with the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City and the Military Medical University to speed up the third-phase clinical …

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Illustrative image (Photo:AFP/VNA) Bangkok (VNA) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on July 27 that, in 2021, the country's tourism industry is experiencing its worst scenario as the number of international visitors may only reach 1 million. Meanwhile, if the COVID-19 situation continues to worsen, forcing the government to extend the lockdown order by three months, the number of domestic holidaymakers may drop to 50-60 million. Thailand has reopened its doors to vaccinated international visitors through the "Phuket Sandbox" and "Samui Plus" programmes, but it is estimated to welcome only 1 million tourist arrivals in 2021, a decrease of 82 percent compared to 6.7 million arrivals in 2020. TAT Director-General Yuthasak Supasorn said the country expected to welcome 3 million international visitors, but the real figure may be much lower than that. The tourism sector may meet only 30 percent of the 85 billion baht (2.5 billion USD) target revenue, a 74 percent …

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Support policies effectively implemented for pandemic-hit workers: Minister All policies supporting workers affected by the COVID-19 have been implemented in an integrated and effective way, ensuring people’s life, Minister of Labours, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung told the 15th National Assembly on July 25 morning. The strong surge in COVID-19 cases since April 27 has put enormous pressure on the economy and society, he said, citing the fact that employment rate reached 2.52 percent, with the services sector being the hardest hit. Some industries are shrinking further this year, such as travel, lodging service and transportation. About 70,000 enterprises in the economy have suspended operation or gone bankrupt. The pandemic has also been attacking industrial parks and export processing zones where a large number of workers are employed, Dung continued. He stressed that HCM City, Hanoi and many other localities have imposed full or partial lockdown and social …

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