A total of 10 food delivery buses have been deployed across HCM City in an attempt to secure food supplies for city residents as part of a joint initiative between HCM City authorities and Phenikaa MaaS Technology JSC (Phenikaa MaaS).

Việt Nam recorded 8,622 domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections along with 27 imported cases in the past 24 hours, making this the second-highest daily new cases since the beginning of the pandemic, pushing the total in the fourth wave to 133,257.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long is allowing HCM City to pilot shortening the COVID-19 vaccination procedure as a way to save time and speed up the vaccination rollout in the city.

Patients with locally acquired COVID-19 showing no symptoms, and with no underlying disease or obesity, will now be under a 14-day home quarantine, according to new guidelines released by the HCM City Department of Health on Thursday.

The fight against COVID-19 will be long even when vaccines are available, therefore, there must be new approaches and new solutions, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday.

The country’s fourth wave of the coronavirus has not even lasted three months, yet Việt Nam was struggling to keep the level of cases under control.