The National Assembly (NA) has adopted a resolution on the extension of certain Covid-19 prevention and control policies and the continued use of registration certificates for medicines and medicinal ingredients from January 1, 2023.

The approval came with 468 of 473 NA deputies voting in favor, or 94.35 per cent, during the legislature’s second extra-ordinary meeting in Hanoi on January 9.

The Covid-19 prevention and control policies listed in the resolution will continue to be implemented through December 31, 2023, including those related to payment of pandemic prevention and control costs.

The registration certificates for medicines and medicinal ingredients, which expired on January 1, will continue until December 31, 2024, except for a number of drugs and ingredients specified in the resolution.