Vietnam’s Prime Minister: Speed up vaccine research progress and COVID-19 genetic research

09:05, 31/08/2020

Recently, the Government’ Office has issued Announcement No. 313/TB-VPCP on the Conclusion of the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in the meeting of the Standing Government pertaining to COVID-19 control in Vietnam.

According to the Announcement No. 313/TB-VPCP, upon listening to report of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Control and remarks of Deputy Prime Ministers and meeting attendees, the Prime Minister of Vietnam directs as follows:

- Update, finalize, and promulgate safety guidelines for use in hospitals, schools, workplace, public transport, etc. while keeping the guidelines concise and comprehensive in order to facilitate implementation by governments of all levels and the general public.

- Continue to strictly implement epidemic control in medical establishments; set up passages and treatment levels starting from patient reception, prevent infection, improve bacterial contamination control in hospitals; test and detect all suspected cases among patients, patients’ family members, especially those with coughing or fever in the community.

- Speed up vaccine and drug research progress and increase international cooperation, especially with countries that came up with original vaccine research results. Invest in epidemiology, individual, and herd immunity research. Improve COVID-19 genetic research capacity in order to facilitate infection prevention and drug research. Pay close attention to and research reinfection cases and human immunity.

View more details at the Announcement No. 313/TB-VPCP issued on August 29, 2020.

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