“We expect that Việt Nam will not suffer from vaccine shortage in 2021. This is the biggest vaccination drive in the country’s history with over 100 million doses to administer,” Minister Long said.

HCM City and six other provinces and cities are planning to reopen schools on March 1, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The HCM City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDC) said with no new COVID-19 cases diagnosed since February 11 all lockdown locations in the city have been taken down.

The northern province of Hải Dương, the country’s current largest hotspot of COVID-19, plans to conduct large-scale testing for the novel coronavirus, using Realtime-PCR technology, from February 24.

The first doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines have arrived Wednesday afternoon at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, HCM City.

The resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in many cities and provinces in recent weeks has seriously affected the blood supply for medical treatment.

Primary schools in HCM City are adopting various online learning tools and resources amid the school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.