<p>Vietnam will stick to its strategy of containing Covid-19 rather than rush to secure a supply of a vaccine that could be expensive and potentially risky, the head of the country's coronavirus task force said on Friday.</p>.<p>Through months of aggressive mass testing, military-run centralised quarantine and early border closures, Vietnam has kept its coronavirus tally to just 1,210 cases and gone over two months without community transmission.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/coronavirus-vaccine-live-updates-covaxin-clinical-trials-human-trials-coronavirus-vaccine%20tracker-india-russia-us-china-oxford-moderna-bharat-biotech-866148.html" target="_blank"><strong>Coronavirus vaccine news live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Just 35 people have died from Covid-19 in Vietnam, according to official data, with the country widely praised for its decisive response to quelling outbreaks.</p>.<p>"The vaccine is a story for the future," task force chief and deputy prime minister, Vu Duc Dam, told a government meeting on Friday.</p>.<p>"Demand is far higher than supply, and we have to pay large deposits to secure our position, which I see as very high risk and a waste of money and time."</p>.<p>"We will continue to deal with Covid as we are now," said Dam.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html" target="_blank"><strong>15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</strong></a></p>.<p>In August, as Vietnam fought a new outbreak of the virus after more than three months without local transmission, Hanoi said it had registered to buy 50-150 million doses of a Russian vaccine.</p>.<p>Vietnam will also buy from Britain, where it has a partnership to develop a home-grown vaccine with the University of Bristol.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>"We have to be prepared for the fact that the pandemic will not end until 2021," said Dam. "Our home-grown vaccine will enter human trials this month but won't be available until end-2021."</p>.<p>Vietnam has spent nearly 18 trillion dong ($776.7 million) on containing the virus and its impacts, official data shows.</p>.<p>Its measures have put its economy on track to recover faster than most.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>In September, the government said it was targeting gross domestic product growth of 2.0 per cent-2.5 per cent this year and 6.7 per cent in 2021. </p>
<p>Vietnam will stick to its strategy of containing Covid-19 rather than rush to secure a supply of a vaccine that could be expensive and potentially risky, the head of the country's coronavirus task force said on Friday.</p>.<p>Through months of aggressive mass testing, military-run centralised quarantine and early border closures, Vietnam has kept its coronavirus tally to just 1,210 cases and gone over two months without community transmission.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/coronavirus-vaccine-live-updates-covaxin-clinical-trials-human-trials-coronavirus-vaccine%20tracker-india-russia-us-china-oxford-moderna-bharat-biotech-866148.html" target="_blank"><strong>Coronavirus vaccine news live updates on DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Just 35 people have died from Covid-19 in Vietnam, according to official data, with the country widely praised for its decisive response to quelling outbreaks.</p>.<p>"The vaccine is a story for the future," task force chief and deputy prime minister, Vu Duc Dam, told a government meeting on Friday.</p>.<p>"Demand is far higher than supply, and we have to pay large deposits to secure our position, which I see as very high risk and a waste of money and time."</p>.<p>"We will continue to deal with Covid as we are now," said Dam.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html" target="_blank"><strong>15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</strong></a></p>.<p>In August, as Vietnam fought a new outbreak of the virus after more than three months without local transmission, Hanoi said it had registered to buy 50-150 million doses of a Russian vaccine.</p>.<p>Vietnam will also buy from Britain, where it has a partnership to develop a home-grown vaccine with the University of Bristol.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>"We have to be prepared for the fact that the pandemic will not end until 2021," said Dam. "Our home-grown vaccine will enter human trials this month but won't be available until end-2021."</p>.<p>Vietnam has spent nearly 18 trillion dong ($776.7 million) on containing the virus and its impacts, official data shows.</p>.<p>Its measures have put its economy on track to recover faster than most.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>In September, the government said it was targeting gross domestic product growth of 2.0 per cent-2.5 per cent this year and 6.7 per cent in 2021. </p>