HCM City has begun vaccinating children and giving the antiviral drug molnupiravir to COVID-19 patients staying at home who have mild symptoms.
A total of 12,920 new patients were reported across the country during the day, and 4,508 cases previously detected in Bình Dương but only added to the system on Friday.
The research ethics committee has accepted the results from Nano Covax's phase 3a clinical trials involving about 1000 volunteers, opening up the pathway for the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to obtain an emergency use licence, according to local media on Friday.
More than 2,000 people living in extreme poverty have been temporarily moved to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 and ensure social order during social distancing.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday called on health workers, people and business in the southern province of Bình Dương – the second biggest COVID-19 hotspot in Việt Nam – to overcome difficulties, ensuring healthcare and production during the pandemic.
Information and communication technology (ICT) has played an important role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Nguyễn Huy Dũng, deputy minister of Information and Communications, said during the video talk “Kết Nối Trong Đại Dịch” (Connections during the Pandemic) on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Việt Nam is complex, with most provinces having recorded positive cases. Hồ Chí Minh City, the national business hub, and its surrounding provinces, have become a particular hotspot for the pandemic, but the people are united in battle against the killer disease
403,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines as donation from the Australian Government via COVAX Facility has arrived in Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport, HCM City, late Thursday, according to Australian foreign minister Marise Payne.
To encourage COVID-19 frontline prevention forces during the lockdown in the central city of Đà Nẵng, primary school student Lữ Như Minh, 11, has created several paintings showing the efforts made by nurses, doctors, police, cleaners and volunteers.
Every child at COVID-19 treatment facilities, concentrated quarantine areas or in home quarantine can now have a caregiver to meet all COVID-19 prevention and control requirements.
Việt Nam to date has received about 28 million doses from various sources, mostly AstraZeneca with 17 million doses (from VNVC, bilateral donations and COVAX), followed by five million doses of Moderna (US donation).
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has assigned the Minister of Health to encourage localities and organisations to procure vaccines against COVID-19.
