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Illustrative photo (Source: Bangkok Post) Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is preparing to offer 200,000 additional doses of flu vaccine to workers in the public transportation and tourism industry in 31 provinces of the country .

The vaccination program aims to reduce the spread of the virus and support the tourism sector, as influenza infections were reported throughout 2023, according to Dr. Thongchai Keeratihuttayakorn, director general of the Department of Disease Control (DCE). quoted by local newspaper Bangkok Post.

According to DCE statistics, a total of 472,222 flu infections and 29 deaths were recorded last year, with influenza A virus being the dominant strain.

Rayong, Phayao, Phuket, Bangkok and Chiang Mai recorded the highest number of infections, and the largest group of patients were between five and nine years old. Infections were mainly recorded in large cities with dense populations.

Previously, the DCE said that influenza, dengue and COVID-19 were the most widespread infectious diseases in Thailand in 2023./.

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2024-01-09 04:25:00
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Illustration photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Vietnam signed contracts to purchase from domestic producers 10 types of vaccines used in the National Immunization Program, which will be designated and transferred to localities at the beginning of January 2024.

The 10 types of vaccines include: more than 1.55 million doses against tuberculosis (BCG); one million doses against hepatitis B; 4.98 million doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV); 1.9 million doses against measles; 1.7 million doses against measles and rubella; 1.4 million doses against Japanese encephalitis; 1.53 million doses of combined diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine; 1.47 million doses against tetanus and 1.37 million doses against tetanus and diphtheria (Td).

The quantity of these nine vaccines is sufficient to vaccinate the children who were missing in 2023 and the minors whose vaccination is scheduled for the first six months of 2024, said a representative of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

In particular, the Rota vaccine to prevent acute diarrhea (549,164 doses) is the new injectable that will be included in the Expanded Immunization Program for children under one year of age, which is expected to be implemented starting in the second quarter of this year. /.

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2024-01-02 09:17:00
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Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Ministry of Health plans to administer the fifth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to the elderly and those with underlying diseases, given the increase in new cases in the country.

As of December 14, the Southeast Asian country registered 1,499 positive cases of COVID-19 nationwide. Among them, 359 new cases were reported on the same day and five deaths were recorded from the previous week.

EG.5, a subvariant of Omicron, is believed to be the main cause of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Indonesia and other countries in the region. EG.5 has a lower mortality rate compared to other subvariants.

Spokesperson for the aforementioned ministry, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, revealed that the ministry is in negotiations to provide the fifth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, or a third booster, next year, especially for those at high risk of exposure to the virus.

In addition, around 203 million people in Indonesia, or 86% of the target population, received the first dose of the vaccine as of the 14th./.

VNA

2023-12-16 10:13:00
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The act of symbolic delivery of 490,600 doses of pentavalent vaccine to Vietnam. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Australian Government decided to deliver in Hanoi 490,600 doses of the “5 in 1” vaccine (against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B and pneumonia/meningitis caused by the Hib bacteria) to Vietnam through of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

According to the plan, the mentioned batch will arrive in Vietnam tonight. At the symbolic handover ceremony the day before, Vietnamese Health Minister Dao Hong Lan thanked international organizations, especially the Australian government, for their timely assistance.

He stressed that the vials of the pentavalent vaccine will be used in the National Immunization Program for children in the coming years and will be supplied to the localities as soon as possible.

In turn, the deputy director of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Duong Thi Hong, said that the center has developed a plan for the allocation of vaccines according to the needs of localities, giving priority to mountainous and disadvantaged areas./ .

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2023-12-15 04:19:00
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Vaccination in Vietnam (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health of Vietnam has directed units and localities to cooperate with relevant ministries, departments and branches in promoting vaccine supply activities for the Expanded Program of Immunization.

At the government’s regular press conference held today, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, reporting on the vaccine shortage situation, explained that this year, several localities faced difficulties in implementing the Budget Law, which regulates purchase of vaccines using the local budget.

In order to implement Resolution 99 of the National Assembly, dated June 24, 2023 on the allocation of the budget to continue implementing the Expanded Immunization Program throughout the country effectively, the Ministry of Health has requested the Government to approve the allocation of funds for the purchase of vaccines.

For the 10 types of vaccines that can be produced in the country, this ministry has reviewed legal regulations and issued purchase orders, the subhead said, adding that a specific pricing plan is expected to be completed within this month.

The Ministry of Health has also assigned the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to sign contracts with vaccine producers and distribute these products to localities.

For the 5-in-1 vaccine that needs to be imported, it has assigned the Institute the task of carrying out the procurement in the form of open tender in accordance with the Tender Law.

He noted that at the end of August, with financing from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other organizations, 258 thousand doses of the vaccine arrived in Vietnam and were distributed in the localities.

The Australian government will provide Vietnam with 490,600 doses of the vaccine, and they are expected to arrive in the Southeast Asian nation this month./.

VNA

2023-12-06 13:57:00
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Quantitative research on proteins in vaccines in the Vabiotech laboratory (Source: VNA)

Havana (VNA) – The Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) of Cuba and the Vietnamese company Vabiotech agreed this Friday in Havana to strengthen ties in the field of biotechnology.

“A delegation from the Vietnamese company Vabiotech, led by its director, Nguyen Anh Tuan, visited the IFV. There was discussion about joint collaboration and future projects. The representatives of Vietnam received an update on the work of the Institution,” states a message from the Caribbean entity on the social network X.

“In the exchange between IFV and the Vietnamese company Vabiotech, the desire to continue expanding the links of collaboration between both biotechnology institutions was expressed,” the text underlines.

Vabiotech is one of the leading companies in Vietnam in the manufacturing, marketing, research and development of a wide range of vaccines, diagnostic kits, biological, therapeutic, and pharmaceutical products; cosmetics, food, in addition to the provision of health services.

Currently, Vabiotech produces four vaccines: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis A, Japanese Encephalitis and Oral Cholera, and also imports immunogens to combat mumps, rubella, meningococcus and chickenpox.

The IFV of Cuba has glycoconjugated, synthetic, combined, therapeutic and infectious disease injectables. The effects of these products in the control of epidemics such as the one caused by Neisseria meningitidis in 1989 in Cuba and was eradicated with the VA-MENGOC-BC are recognized.

A trivalent anti-leptospirosis vaccine was also obtained from inactivated cells of Lectospira interrogans (serovars Canicola canicola, Pomona mozdok and Icterohaemorrhagiae copenhageni) to combat outbreaks of leptospirosis, among other scientific achievements that largely guarantee the sovereignty of the nation in this field.

Previously, the Duc Minh Medical Joint Stock Company (Almedic) of Vietnam also signed supply agreements in Hanoi with the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) and the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM), both Cuban.

Under the contracts, which are part of the cooperation and trade plan between Almedic and its partners in 2024, in addition to vaccines, CIMAher (a monoclonal antibody to treat head and neck, pancreatic and esophageal cancer) and the CIMVAx EGF (for treatment of lung cancer).

Almedic also cooperates with the Pasteur Da Lat vaccine company to produce a stage of Cuban vaccines in Vietnam and coordinates the sending of Vietnamese technicians and managers to biology centers and advanced laboratories in Cuba for short-term studies and training, as well as for bring Cuban experts to Vietnam to provide advice and training./.

2023-11-26 07:55:00
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