Social distancing stress hits home
People across Việt Nam are in the midst of social distancing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and with thousands of people cooped up at home, stress is building.
People across Việt Nam are in the midst of social distancing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and with thousands of people cooped up at home, stress is building.
Up to 800 Vietnamese frontline healthcare workers have agreed to take part in a clinical trial designed to test the effectiveness of tuberculosis vaccine BCG against COVID-19.
For the sixth consecutive day, there have been no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Việt Nam.
A kit, that can theoretically be used to test on 50 people, meets all the criteria on virus sensitivity, specificity and accuracy set by the World Health Organisation.
Takeshi Kasai, WHO Western Pacific director, praised Việt Nam’s strong government leadership and cooperation among the people in implementing measures to curb the pandemic.
HCM City is seeking approval to be removed from the list of 12 provinces and cities at high risk of COVID-19 transmission and instead be placed at a medium risk level after April 22, the vice chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, Lê Thanh Liêm, said during an online meeting held on April 20.
Unilever in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and through coordination with the Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee, continues to provide its products to help frontline medical facilities in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
A 20 year-old Vietnamese man is the country's latest COVID-19 patient to recover at the Củ Chi Field Hospital in HCM City on Tuesday, bringing the country’s total recoveries to 216.