Vietnam begins human trials of its Covid-19 vaccine

Medical officials giving a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine Nanocovax to a volunteer at the Military Medical University in Hanoi. - AFP

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam on Thursday (Dec 17) began human trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, when three volunteers received their first doses of Nanocovax at the Military Medical University in the capital Hanoi.

The two men and a woman, whose identities have been kept private, will be monitored for 72 hours at the academy before being allowed to return to their homes. They will be monitored for 56 days after the vaccination.