Vietnam’s Covid-19 tally rises by 71 The Saigon Times Some people that have fully recovered from Covid-19 leave the hospital. Vietnam reported 71 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday morning - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF HEALTH HCMC - The Health Ministry announced 70 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in three localities and one imported case this morning, June 15, taking the country’s Covid-19 tally to 10,881. Bac Giang reported the biggest number of new Covid-19 patients with 28 cases, followed by HCMC with 23 and Bac Ninh with 19. They are people who had contact with previously confirmed patients and were detected in areas under lockdown or quarantine. The imported case is a man returning to Vietnam through the Moc Bai International Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh on June 11. The country has reported 7,669 domestic Covid-19 infections in 40 cities and provinces during the fourth Covid-19 wave since late April. Nine localities have not seen new Covid-19 cases for one month. Nearly 4.8 million people have been tested for Covid-19, while over 1.5 million Covid-19 vaccine shots have been given to the citizens. In Bac Giang, the country’s biggest Covid-19 hotspot currently with 4,194 cases to date, 988 Covid-19 patients have fully recovered up to now, including 179 people discharged from the hospital on June 14. Le Anh Duong, chairman of Bac Giang, said the Covid-19 situation in the province is being put under control. The provincial government is determined to eliminate the pandemic and resume all business and production activities by June 21. According to Tran Van Ha, deputy director of the Bac Giang Province Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the province is collaborating with other localities such as Lang Son, Son La, Vinh Phuc, Tuyen Quang, Nam Dinh and Thai Binh to help workers that are temporarily unemployed to come back to their hometown. These workers must test negative for Covid-19 before returning home …
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Over one million Covid-19 vaccine doses to arrive in Vietnam early July
Over one million Covid-19 vaccine doses to arrive in Vietnam early July The Saigon Times A batch of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Vietnam. Over one million Covid-19 vaccine doses are expected to arrive in Vietnam late this month or early next month - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Vietnam will receive more than one million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Covax Facility at the end of this month or early next month, said Dang Duc Anh of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology. Anh said that the Government had added more people to the priority groups for Covid-19 vaccination, such as workers at industrial parks, news site VnExpress reported. Next quarter, some two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine that the Ministry of Health has bought from AstraZeneca through the Vietnam Vaccine JSC and three million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are expected to be shipped to Vietnam. However, the time of arrival may change. To date, Vietnam has received nearly three million AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses, including more than 2.5 million doses provided by Covax Facility and over 400,000 doses Vietnam had ordered from AstraZeneca. As of June 15, local residents have received nearly 1.6 million doses. More than 59,600 people have got two doses. Anh affirmed that vaccination was one of the most effective solutions to prevent dangerous infectious diseases and protect vaccinated people from getting worse or dying when infected. At present, no vaccines are 100% effective, so vaccinated people can still get infected. If 70%-85% of the population is vaccinated, the transmission possibility in the community will be sharply reduced. The existing Covid-19 vaccines have an efficacy rate of 60%-95% each. Therefore, the World Health Organization has recommended that vaccines are the only way to curb the pandemic. The Ministry of Health on June 14 urged the Ministries of Public Security and National Defense and the governments of …
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Vietnam adds 118 cases to Covid-19 count
Vietnam adds 118 cases to Covid-19 count The Saigon Times A woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine shot in Bac Giang Province. Vietnam’s Covid-19 cases have risen to 10,999 - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF HEALTH HCMC - Vietnam has reported 118 new Covid-19 cases in six cities and provinces, sending the country’s Covid-19 tally to 10,999 as of this afternoon, June 15. All of the new cases were locally transmitted infections, with 69 of them in Bac Giang, 29 in HCMC, 15 in Bac Ninh, three in Ha Tinh, one in Lang Son and one in Hanoi. The number of domestic infections has risen to 7,786 in the current fourth Covid-19 wave, which began on April 27. Up to now, 4,236 Covid-19 patients in the country have fully recovered, while 61 people have died of the disease. In northern Vietnam, the disease is being put under control, with new daily cases dropping significantly in recent days. Therefore, some of them such as Hanoi and Bac Ninh are considering easing restrictions, including lifting the lockdown in some areas. Nam Dinh Province, which has gone over 30 days without reporting any new domestic cases, has decided to resume interprovincial passenger road transport services and a number of nonessential services today. Meanwhile, the virus is still spreading in HCMC. The southern metropolis on June 14 decided to extend the social distancing order by two weeks. After one week of the extended period, the municipal government will re-evaluate the Covid-19 situation and consider maintaining, tightening or loosening the order in some parts of the city. According to Dr Nguyen Tri Dung, director of the HCMC Center for Disease Control, it is hard to determine how long the disease can be put under control, but the extension is necessary to slow down the spread of Covid-19. Minister of Heath Nguyen Thanh Long has signed a decision establishing a task force to support HCMC in the fight against Covid-19. The 10-member team is led by Deputy Minister of Heath Nguyen Truong …
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