750,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Việt Nam following the announcement of US Vice President Kamala Harris for one million more vaccine doses as donation from the US Government.
Nearly half a million samples taken for COVID-19 testing on August 23-24 showed that the infection rate was 3.6 per cent, a slight drop from the 4-5 per cent rate (per 500,000 samples) in previous days, according to Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long.
World Bank and the Institute for Social Development Studies have signed an agreement for a US$2.75 million (VNĐ 62.6 billion) grant provided by the Japan Social Development Fund for the “Strengthening preparedness and response to COVID-19 at the grassroots level in Việt Nam” Project.
The Italian Government on Wednesday announced it would give Việt Nam 801,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility to aid the nation’s fight against the pandemic.
Teachers in Nha Trang City have coordinated with local authorities and social organisations to carry out supportive activities to help residents overcome difficulties in the pandemic.
The Ministry of Transport has asked HCM City to resume the upgrade on Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport during the two-week stay-at-home period that started on Monday (August 23) to ensure that it is completed by the end of the year.
Thousands of local people living in the mountainous areas of south-central Phú Yên Province have been in shortage of clean water amid prolonged heat.
Many expatriates in HCM City are providing meals and milk to hospitals and disadvantaged people suffering due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which is having a severe impact.
HCM City authorities have asked the Health and Finance ministries to devise a payment scale for COVID patients at private medical facilities.
Aid packages that local authorities provide to Covid-19 patients at home should also include fruits and porridge in addition to other foods and medicines, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has said.
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday witnessed the signing of a lease for a new US Embassy campus in Hà Nội.
Việt Nam recorded 12,096 new COVID-19 infection cases and 335 COVID-related deaths on Wednesday.
Soldiers in HCM City are going out to buy groceries for the people and deliver them to their doors as residents are not allowed to leave their homes.
Hùng Vương Hospital in HCM City on Wednesday (August 25) opened the H.O.P.E Centre at Họa Mi Kindergarten No. 2 in District 5 for healthy babies born to COVID patients.
Pfizer & BioNTech just announced that they have entered into an agreement with the Vietnamese health ministry to provide an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.
Việt Nam has so far received about 23 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility, other nations’ assistance, and under signed contracts.
Việt Nam has received 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Romanian Government on Wednesday.
