Vietnam reports 6,192 new Covid cases, 8,869 recoveries on November 3 (Photo: Zing News)

Vietnam reports 6,192 new Covid cases, 8,869 recoveries on November 3

Vietnam recorded 6,192 infections of Covid-19 in 58 localities, including 17 imported cases, on November 3, according to the Ministry of Health. Also the on the day, the Centre for Disease Control of south-central Ninh Thuan province registered to add 914 Covid-19 cases to the Ministry of Health data system.

Of the new cases recorded on November 3, Ho Chi Minh City recorded the highest number of infections with 985, followed by neighboring provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong with 905 and 773, respectively.

On that day, the country saw 78 deaths from the disease. A further 8,869 patients were given the all-clear.

COVAX to allocate over 9 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to Vietnam. (Photo: Vietnamnet)

COVAX to allocate over 9 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to Vietnam

The COVAX Facility has decided to allocate more than 9 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to Vietnam and will consider delivering them as soon as possible. Aurélia Nguyen, Managing Director of the Office of the COVAX Facility was speaking this during a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 3 afternoon (local time) in Paris.

PM Chinh thanked the COVAX Program for its commitment to provide Vietnam with 38.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines free of charge in 2021, including nearly 23 million doses delivered to the nation. With the determination and efforts of the Government and people of Vietnam, the support of international friends, including the assistance of COVAX and of countries through COVAX, especially with consensus, the pandemic situation in Vietnam has been basically contained.

In the spirit of international solidarity and responsible contribution to combined efforts to end the pandemic soon, the Vietnamese cabinet leader announced that the Vietnamese Government decides to make a voluntary contribution of an additional US$ 500,000 to COVAX, raising the country's total contributed funding to COVAX up to US$ 1 million.

COVAX will continue to accompany Vietnam in pandemic prevention and control, by providing more vaccines and technical support for vaccination, and boosting coordination in finding vaccine sources under the cost-sharing mechanism, said Aurélia Nguyen.

Japanese firm to conduct Covid vaccine clinical trial in Vietnam. (Photo: Nikkei Asia)

Japanese firm to conduct Covid vaccine clinical trial in Vietnam

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi will conduct the third phase of a clinical trial for its Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam and other Asian countries this month. Isao Teshirogi, CEO of Shionogi, on Monday, said the firm’s vaccine would be a "recombinant protein" one, Nikkei Asia reported.

The vaccine would utilize "genetically modified insect cells" to produce copies of the coronavirus spike protein to trigger an immune response, a technique that has been used by several other vaccine manufacturers. Shionogi said the firm is seeking approval for the vaccine in Japan to make it available domestically by the end of March 2022. Besides the vaccine, Shionogi is also developing a Covid-19 drug whose clinical trials have already begun in Japan since September. Vietnam, along with Singapore, South Korea, and the U.K., is also expected to begin trial for the drug as early as this month.

Previously in July, Shionogi had signed a contract with Vabiotech and AIC to transfer Covid-19 vaccine production technologies, according to the Ministry of Health. Teshirogi said Vietnam agreed with the clinical trials in exchange for the technology transfer.

Hanoi steps up assistance to firms amid Covid-19. (Photo: Zing News)

Hanoi steps up assistance to firms amid Covid-19

A conference will be held in Hanoi on November 6 to seek ways to remove difficulties facing businesses in the capital city amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA). It will bring together about 150 delegates, including representatives from some ministries, agencies, associations, and businesses (excluding foreign-invested firms), the agency said.

The delegates will hear reports on Vietnam’s socio-economic development, and support to enterprises over the past time, along with solutions to restore the city’s economic development. The participating businesses will also share their difficulties on this occasion.

On October 19, the municipal People’s Committee in coordination with the HPA also organized a similar conference for FDI firms in Hanoi. At the event, the city’s leaders informed the participants about solutions to remove hurdles for FDI enterprises in the coming time, especially in the context of Hanoi entering the “new normal” after the Covid-19 pandemic is controlled.

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