Youth Union members of Cư M’gar District in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk have been carrying loudspeakers on their motorbikes, telling local residents how to protect themselves from the coronavirus.
Nanogen Biopharmaceuticals and the research team behind Việt Nam’s home-grown COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax, have been asked to provide more data before an emergency use licence can be granted.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam reached 435,265 as 12,796 new infections were reported on Sunday.
HCM City will provide VNĐ1.5 million (US$65.5) each to 3-4 million workers' families facing difficulties because of the pandemic as part of a new support package worth nearly VNĐ2.6 trillion ($112.3 million).
The meeting aimed to emphasis the importance of bottom-level authorities in controlling COVID-19 in accordance with the PM’s order, which is treating each commune, ward, town, factory and enterprise as ‘a fortress’, each resident ‘a soldier’ to fight the pandemic.
More than 16,000 experts and medical workers have been assigned to HCM City and southern provinces to serve COVID-19 prevention and control, while in Hà Nội and central provinces the pandemic was being controlled thanks to drastic measures and social distancing.
Government investment and a mass campaign to improve digital literacy are needed to close the digital divide
More than 12,000 new COVID-19 cases were detected Saturday, taking the total number of infections to 422,469.
Experts will consider licensing the emergency use of the locally-made Nano Covax vaccine at a meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
HCM City has rolled out its home-based care programmes for COVID-19 patients as one of its solutions for epidemic prevention and control.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a list of drugs that can be used for treatment for COVID-19 patients at home.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính ordered competent authorities to seek vaccine sources and make students a priority group for vaccinations so they can return to school.
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Việt Nam has handed over medical supplies and consumables to the Ministry of Health as part of its continuing support to the Vietnamese Government for COVID-19 response.
Dương Văn Hào, head of the Management Board for collection of health insurance cards and social insurance books, Việt Nam Social Insurance, talked to VnEconomy about some issues related to reducing insurance premiums to help employees and businesses overcome difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
