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Participants held that despite Vietnam’s efforts to carry out drastic measures, the  epidemic continues to spread in the wider community, as before midnight on March 22, when the foreign entry into Vietnam was ground to a halt, hundreds of thousands of people, including many from coronavirus-hit countries, had already entered Vietnam. … [Read more...] about The nation must stay vigilant in epidemic combat

Vietnam donated 550,000 face masks to five European countries on April 7 to support their fight against COVID-19. The masks, made of antimicrobial fabric, were handed to the ambassadors of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK in Hanoi. COVID-19.European nations during the global pandemic. … [Read more...] about Vietnam shows willingness to assist others in COVID-19 fight: The Diplomat

Associate Professor Dr Luong Ngoc Khue, director of the Center for Monitoring and Supporting Covid-19 Diagnosis and Treatment, noted that the center is closely cooperating with professors and hospitals in treating Covid-19 cases, especially those in critical condition. … [Read more...] about Two more coronavirus patients discharged from hospital in HCMC

Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - As borders closed, many migrant workers from Myanmar working in Thailand tried to return to their home country. Some didn’t make it in time, and are now stranded at the Mae Sai Thailand-Myanmar border crossing in Chiang Rai, waiting for Myanmar authorities to reopen the border. The authorities decided to seal off the border in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The stranded workers have been held in quarantine for a period of time at Phra That Doi Wao temple in Mae Sai district. Myanmar authorities allowed them to cross the border from Thailand. Twenty-three vehicles were used to transport the workers from the temple to the second Thailand-Myanmar Friendship bridge connecting Mae Sai with Myanmar’s Tachileik province. As many as 181 Myanmar workers plus 10 Myanmar nationals received a medical screening while crossing the border. None of them showed any obvious symptoms of COVID-19. They are now in a quarantine facility in Myanmar … [Read more...] about Thai authorities help stranded Myanmar workers return home

USAID previously provided US$2.9 million in health assistance to help the Vietnamese government prepare laboratory systems, activate case-finding and event-based surveillance, as well as support technical experts for response and preparedness, risk communication, and infection prevention and control. … [Read more...] about President Trump thanks Vietnam for expediting transport of 450,000 protective suits to US