Health Department proposes to buy additional 5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
The Department of Health of HCMC has proposed the municipal People’s Committee to approve a program mobilizing resources and funds for the purchase of five million Covid-19 vaccine doses.
377 health workers getting Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in stable condition
Some 377 health workers who got the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine yesterday are in stable condition now.
Vietnam begins COVID-19 vaccination on March 8
Vietnam launches its COVID-19 inoculation drive on March 8 morning, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to medical workers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and northern Hai Duong province – the country’s biggest pandemic hotspot at present.
HCMC lockdowns hotel where illegal Chinese immigrants stay
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have locked down a hotel in District 1 where 35 Chinese, reportedly to be border jumpers, stayed in the context of Vietnam having battled a new wave of Covid-19 infections.
First 900 healthcare workers of HCMC to be vaccinated against Covid-19
More than 900 healthcare workers of the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases will get the AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 jab on March 8.
COVID-19 vaccination to begin in Vietnam on March 8
Vaccination using the recently imported AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to start on March 8, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long informed a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5.
HCMC Red Cross Society hopes to collect 220,000 blood bags for saving patients
The Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society yesterday organized a meeting to call for voluntary blood donation with the aim to collect 220,000 blood bags for treatment in 2021.
Vietnam ready for Covid-19 vaccine rollout
When it comes to nationwide vaccination program, Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong revealed that additional one million doses of vaccine will arrive in Vietnam by the end of April. Covid-19 vaccine rollout slower than scheduled Prime Minister orders quick vaccination for people
Mekong Delta province quickly tracks down contacts of Covid-19 imported case
The Mekong Delta Province of Dong Thap authority and related agencies have been working to track down close contacts with a woman who illegally entered Vietnam and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
Public Security Deputy Minister visits Hospital 199 on Vietnamese Doctors' Day
A delegation from the Ministry of Public Security led by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security yesterday visited and congratulated medical staff of Hospital 199 in Da Nang City on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (on February
Covid-19 patient No.1696 re-exposes to SARS-CoV-2
Seven days after coming out of hospital, the Covid-19 patient No.1696 was re-positive for SARS-CoV-2.
Dong Thap convenes urgent meeting on positive Covid-19 illicit immigrants
The People’s Committee in the Mekong Delta Province of Dong Thap yesterday convened an urgent meeting on an illicit immigrant from Cambodia who is positive for Covid-19.