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A family wearing full protective clothing at Tân Sơn Nhất airport in HCM City during the Lunar New Year holiday. The city government has called for stricter implementation of anti-pandemic measures at the border with Cambodia. VNS Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp HCM CITY — The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee has called for stricter implementation of anti-pandemic measures at the border with Cambodia as the number of COVID-19 cases there is surging, which could lead to the collapse of that country’s healthcare system as warned by the World Health Organization (WHO). Speaking at a meeting on Monday on pandemic control and prevention, Nguyễn Thành Phong said that the COVID-19 situation had become worse in neighbouring countries, especially Cambodia, which borders southern Việt Nam. The number of cases in Cambodia has soared from about 500 last year to more than 4,081 just a few days ago, following a local incident related to a number of Chinese who legally entered the country but violated quarantine regulations. On April 10, the number of new cases reported in Cambodia was 454, he said. “The situation in Cambodia has posed a significant risk of infection for HCM City, so the city must closely monitor illegal entries from Cambodia,” Phong said. Phong told agencies to continue to tighten control of illegal entries from Cambodia to prevent the spread of the virus. HCM City will continue to take medical declarations and do periodic monitoring and screening of high-risk people. The city has not recorded any new cases in the community for two months. It has completed the first round of vaccinations for frontline medical staff. Because the supply of vaccines remains limited, it is important to have a fair risk assessment to compile a priority list for vaccinations under guidance from the Ministry of Health. The city plans to ensure enough vaccinations for everyone, according to Phong. He has asked the city Police and High Command of …

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Specifically, the province has demand of buying over 3 million doses to be injected into over 1.4 million people aged above 18, said Director of the provincial Health Department Nguyen Hong Chuong. The province plans to use local budget to buy the vaccines and will offer them free for local residents. Binh Duong has well performed pandemic prevention and control. However, amidst complex developments of the pandemic in other countries and fear of illegal entry, the Health Department requires localities to drastically carry out measures as directed by the Government, Health Ministry and provincial People’s Committee, thus contributing to ensuring the twin targets of well controlling the pandemic and maintaining local economic development. Source: VNA …

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The set of remains was identified as martyr A Duong, born in 1951 in village 1, Tu Mo Rong commune, former Dak To district (Tu Mo Rong district), Kon Tum province. Duong joined the military on June 16, 1966. Currently, Team K53 moved the remains to its unit for preservation and they will later hold a burial ceremony. Earlier, on March 28, according to the information from a local people named Luong Van Can, the team discovered and collected five sets of remains of fallen soldiers in Kon Cheo village, Dak To town, Dak To district. So far, Team K53 has found six sets of remains of martyrs in Dak To district, but only a set of remains has been identified. These sets of remains will be handed over to the Dak To district’s Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs for a memorial and burial ceremony at the Dak To district War Martyrs’ Cemetery. Translated by Song Anh …

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