Up to 183 citizens from Equatorial Guinea, who were repatriated on July 29, were officially allowed to return to their families on Thursday morning after quarantine and testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A few months ago a vending machine in HCM City gave free rice to people in need, now another one is distributing free face masks.

The Ministry of Health sent a letter on Tuesday to cities and provinces’ People’s Committees on strengthening supervision and promoting measures of COVID-19 prevention and control in health care establishments.

He said that after witnessing the efforts of the medical team of Hòa Vang Field Hospital and the whole country to repel the pandemic, he became determined to do his part.