Video: Vietnam, UK work together to find medicines for COVID-19 treatment and prevention
The UK’s Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, in collaboration with Vietnam’s Ministry of Heath and Ho Chi Minh city Hospital for Tropical Diseases are conducting a study to assess the safety and effectiveness of chloroquine on COVID-19 treatment.
This potentially life-saving work happening in Vietnam has global significance & is a key to our global pandemic response. British Ambassador Gareth Ward joins representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Health & OUCRU in sharing more about this meaningful trial.
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