The number of new COVID-19 cases in HCM City is forecast to keep growing in the coming days, but with serious implementation of Directive 16 and adjustments to contact tracing, sample collection, and testing strategies, the city will contain the outbreak, according to Deputy PM Vũ Đức Đam.
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has urged HCM City to work with neighbouring provinces to enforce strict COVID-19 prevention measures, including control of people going in and out of the city while ensuring convenient circulation of goods.
The Ministry of Heath reported a new record for daily domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections with 1,844 cases in 31 localities on Saturday.
The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the largest-ever immunisation drive in Việt Nam, kicked off with a ceremony held on Saturday.
The HCM City People’s Committee has established a 24/7 command centre for COVID-19 prevention and control consisting of 16 members led by the People’s Committee chairman Nguyễn Thành Phong.
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.
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.
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 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.
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