HCM City activates preventive measures as 3 Omicron community infections found

The HCM City healthcare sector has assured it is well prepared to respond to the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 after the city recorded three domestic cases, and called on the public to stay calm and not panic.

Health sector told to prepare for any possibilities amid COVID-19 pandemic

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Thursday asked the health sector to concentrate on COVID-19 prevention and control, prepare for any possibilities and speed up COVID-19 vaccination, particularly for children and booster shots.

Service held to remember fallen Vietnamese peacekeeper A memorial service was held for Lieutenant Colonel Đỗ Anh, who died while on a UN peacekeeping mission, on Wednesday at the National Funeral Hall in Hà Nội.

HCM City logs 18 new Omicron cases over the weekend HCM City’s health department on Sunday announced a total of 18 new Omicron cases, all imported cases that were quarantined on arrival.

Four COVID-19 field hospitals in HCM City to temporarily close as outbreak eases

HCM City will temporarily shut four COVID-19 field hospitals from January 19 since the pandemic situation is improving.

One more imported Omicron case found in HCM City

One more imported case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered in HCM City last Saturday (January 8), taking the city’s total number to 12.

HCM City reduces COVID home-treatment period from 14 days to 10

COVID-19 patients treated at home in HCM City and cured now have to stay home only for 10 days and not 14, the city Department of Health has said.

HCM City issues quarantine procedure for arrivals in face of Omicron HCM City People’s Committee has just issued an urgent guidelines for a five-step quarantine procedure for arriving passengers amid the emergence of the Omicron variant in Việt Nam.

HCM City issues quarantine procedure for arrivals in face of Omicron HCM City People’s Committee has just issued an urgent guidelines for a five-step quarantine procedure for arriving passengers amid the emergence of the Omicron variant in Việt Nam.

UN Under-Secretary-General hails Việt Nam’s peacekeeping UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix highly values Việt Nam’s cooperation with UN in peacekeeping activities since the country joined the operations in 2014