Supply of goods to HCM City’s markets and distributors are stabilising following a rush by locals in the last few days to stock up on goods, but the city is still facing some problems with goods shipments from other provinces.
Two more COVID-19 deaths were recorded in Việt Nam on Saturday afternoon, bringing the national tally to 112.
The Department of Education and Training of Thủ Đức City and other HCM City districts have been instructed to suspend the student school enrollment period to ensure safety amid the current COVID-19 pandemic.
As a bridge over troubled water, which will help stabilising the economy, keeping families away from poverty, and helping the country bounce back faster and better from this COVID-19 storm.
Việt Nam is facing the most challenging COVID-19 wave since late April: infections in the past five days alone reached nearly 6,000 infections. This figure is even higher than the total number of cases in the previous three waves. The pandemic has also spread to 57 of the country’s provinces and cities.
The Ministry of Health has issued guidelines for payment rates for the cost of conducting COVID-19 tests, which has been applied since this month.
The country’s foreign ministry insists when more inoculations arrive, the vaccination programme will be extended to include the thousands of foreigners who call Việt Nam home.
More than two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated from the US Government to COVAX Facility arrived in Việt Nam early Saturday morning.
Hà Nội’s health department on Friday evening asked local authorities to step up monitoring people returning from outbreak-hit regions.
Many provinces and Cần Thơ City in the Mekong Delta have tightened COVID-19 preventive measures as the pandemic continues to rage.
A new record for daily local COVID-19 cases was reported on Friday with total of 1,616 infections.
One of the three suspect is Lee Kwan Young, vice chairman of Korean People’s Association in central region.
The Việt Nam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) on Friday handed over to the US the remains of a US serviceman who died during the war in Việt Nam.
HCM City People’s Committee sent an urgent notice announcing support regarding the provision of food and cooked meals as the city banned takeout services during the ongoing 15-day lockdown starting Friday.
HCM City has suspended public transport for 15 days from July 9 to contain the spread of COVID-19.