Two new COVID-19 cases were reported by the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday afternoon.
The country allowed some non-essential businesses in Ha Noi and HCM City to reopen earlier this week, along with other moves to relax some COVID-19 prevention and control measures.
In a visit to the Ministry of Health in Hà Nội, Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh said Việt Nam has basically managed to control the pandemic and protect people’s lives and health while maintaining production and business and ensuring social security.
The second test samples of 55 Vietnamese citizens and three Italians returning from Italy to the central city were negative for SARS-CoV-2 on Wednesday (April 22).
For the many frontline medical staff who wear facemasks almost all the time, they can eventually become uncomfortable and put pressure on your ears. One voluntary organisation has come up with a way to combat this.
One more patient with COVID-19 recovered and was discharged from the Lung Hospital in Đồng Nai Province on Friday, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 225.
It’s not uncommon to see random acts of kindness in HCM City.
HCM City will continue to carry out the COVID-19 prevention methods stipulated in a directive sent by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc though it has been downgraded from high risk to medium risk and social distancing ended at midnight on Wednesday (April 23).
Youth volunteers in HCM City have been lending a hand to support vulnerable elders in the city during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Only 44 people with the virus remain in care at seven medical facilities across the country.
All domestic flights and inter-provincial buses resumed limited operations yesterday following the decision to ease social distancing taken by the Government yesterday.
At 6pm on Thursday, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Control announced no new cases of infection, meaning the total number of infections in Việt Nam has stayed at 268 for 7 and a half days.
