Fifteen researchers from Việt Nam’s National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Japan’s Nagasaki University have successfully produced antigens to develop quick test kits for SARS-CoV-2.
The HCM City Department of Information and Communication on Tuesday (May 5) launched an application that will help assess COVID-19 transmission risks.
More than 2,900 households with more than 10,800 people in the village were quarantined at home.
Việt Nam recorded no new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday evening, keeping the total number of infected cases in the country at 271.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a birth rate adjustment programme towards 2030 which encourages people to get married before the age of 30 and women to give birth to the second child before they get 35 years old.
It also proposed the ministry adjust social distancing regulations.
Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung has called for continued social distancing measures, especially at schools and hospitals, when daily activities have resumed.
As many as 51 medical offices were allowed to conduct tests confirming COVID-19 results, according to a decision from the Ministry of Health.
While many workers in several industries in HCM City lost jobs in the first quarter amid the COVID-19 pandemic, recruitment demand in other fields rose.
Late on March 6, the Hà Nội 115 Medical Emergency Centre received a call. Three workers were quickly scrambled and donned hazmat suits before setting off for Ba Đình District, sirens wailing.
