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Ho Chi Minh City accounted for the most infections, 6,521 cases, followed by its neighboring provinces of Binh Duong (3,609), Dong Nai (590), and Long An (254). The Health Ministry announced another 240 Covid-19 deaths Tuesday, including 184 in HCMC and 41 in Binh Duong. Another 11,017 patients recovered on Tuesday, raising the number of recoveries to 475,343. Of those in hospitals, 5,133 are severe cases. Vietnam has reported 702,973 cases since the new wave broke out at the end of April and 17,510 have died. The total number of deaths so far is 17,545 cases, accounting for 2.5 percent of the total number of cases and 0.4 percentage points higher than the mortality rate in the world. The country has vaccinated more than 35 million people, among them over 6.78 million have received two doses. "Medicine package for Covid-19 patients" campaign aims to support patients self-isolating at home. Each donation worth VND380,000 ($16.65) can help buy medicine for one patient. For …

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A pregnant woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Hà Nội's Thanh Nhàn Hospital on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A total of 11,932 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to more than 600,000. There were also a further 217 fatalities announced Saturday and an additional 56 added to the total from previous days. Among the new cases, there were 5,169 cased detected in community. Compared to Friday, the number of cases has decreased nationally by 1,379. HCM City still tops the list with 5,629 new infections, followed by neighbouring Bình Dương Province with 3,971. The total number of people catching coronavirus now stands at 601,349. The other infections on Saturday were found in Đồng Nai (960), Long An (337), Kiên Giang (165), Tiền Giang (147), Tây Ninh (137), An Giang (107), Khánh Hòa (46), Cần Thơ (46), Quảng Bình (38), Hà Nội (35), Đồng Tháp (34), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (32), Quảng Ngãi (32), Bình Phước (31), Bình …

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Netherlands donates ventilators and medical equipment to Vietnam The government and business community of the Netherlands will donate ventilators and medical equipment worth VND43 billion to help Vietnam combat COVID-19, Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman told her host Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on September 10. She affirmed that the Dutch government attaches great importance to the comprehensive partnership and the strategic partnership on climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture and water management with Vietnam. The relationship between the two governments and their business communities continues to develop effectively for the sake of the economy, people and planet, she said. The Ambassador thanked the Vietnamese Government and the Prime Minister personally for caring about the EU business community, including Dutch businesses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and noted the two countries are having many opportunities and prospects to strengthen …

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Tran Quy Cap Street in downtown Hanoi has been deserted since late August. There are no vehicles or shops. Several Covid-19 patients had been detected in the area and authorities decided to put two wards in Dong Da District under lockdown. Some people, wearing masks and face shields, stand on their balconies and look over the quiet street, which has been sealed off with barricades and barbed wire. Volunteers wearing protective clothes visit each household to give them food and groceries under pouring rain on a Tuesday afternoon. All doors are shut, many houses are cordoned off with red tape and there are signs telling people not to gather. With new Covid cases detected recently, residents have no idea when they can go out for food or just some fresh air in the mornings. The 21,000 people in Van Chuong and Van Mieu wards are among many in the capital facing enormous difficulties and inconvenience due to lockdowns and the citywide social distancing, which has been extended …

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Dr Kidong Park, Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Vietnam, has highlighted the Vietnamese Government’s measures and efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “The whole-of-society approach is led by the highest level of the Government, with the Prime Minister now heading the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. This demonstrates the strong determination of the Government to combat the outbreak situation,” Park said in an inclusive interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on September 10. Following is the full text of the interview. What are the WHO’s opinion of safely living with the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the specific steps Vietnam should take to safely adapt to life amid the pandemic? The world has been fighting this pandemic profusely in the past 20 months. In Vietnam, our early and strong action in 2020 kept in virus at bay. However, we have been facing the most challenging phase of the pandemic in the last …

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HCMC’s government agencies create work plan for new normal state The head offices of the People’s Committees of wards in Go Vap and District 8 that were requisitioned as gathering places of food and essential goods for social welfare activities have been cleaned and disinfected to give back the premises to the local administrative agencies before September 15. Residents who come to the People’s Committees of wards for notarization services are required to provide medical declaration, wear mask, measure body temperature while local state officials will wear personal protective equipment to protect against the virus and comply with the health ministry's 5K message, including facemask, disinfection, social distancing, no gathering and health declaration. Digital transformation of public administration has created favorable condition for State cadres to work and solve all documents submitted by residents online during the social distancing measures. This process of using digital …

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“The whole-of-society approach is led by the highest level of the Government, with the Prime Minister now heading the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. This demonstrates the strong determination of the Government to combat the outbreak situation,” Park said in an inclusive interview on September 10. Following is the full text of the interview. What are the WHO’s opinion of safely living with the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the specific steps Vietnam should take to safely adapt to life amid the pandemic? The world has been fighting this pandemic profusely in the past 20 months. In Vietnam, our early and strong action in 2020 kept in virus at bay. However, we have been facing the most challenging phase of the pandemic in the last four and half months. Vietnam has been taking a whole-of-society approach to limit transmission and save people’s lives. It now seems clear that globally, the virus will not disappear – at least not in the near future.  …

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Coronavirus hotspot sees sharp decrease in death rate The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has decreased significantly in recent days, signaling the COVID-19 treatment regimen is proving effective, according to health experts. The downward trajectory was attributed to the effective implementation of policies and decisions on COVID-19 prevention and control measures adopted by the health sector, said Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. According to health experts, the opening of more intensive care unit (ICU) centres for COVID-19 patients, the large support of medical equipment, as well as the use of antiviral drugs and anticoagulants in treating patients, have helped to lower the number of critical cases. Furthermore, the strategy of classifying patients has also played a significant part in lowering the death rate. The southern metropolis …

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The HCM City Healthcare Department has proposed seven anti-pandemic solutions after September 15, 2021, including social distancing associated with a Covid-19 green card. The city has applied comprehensive measures, including a 3-level treatment regime, home quarantine, drug bag for Covid patients at home, the use of new drugs in treatment, and increased vaccination coverage. The department predicts that the number of severe cases and deaths will decrease after September 15. It will possibly shift from ‘high’ to ‘medium level’ and HCM City will be able to control the outbreak in accordance with criteria set by the Ministry of Health (MOH). The department has proposed seven solutions for the period: Vaccination coverage The city is striving to fully vaccinate 100 percent of people aged 18 and higher, with priority given to forefront officers and people with high risks (with underlying health conditions, aged over 50 and pregnant women). The city also plans to vaccinate …

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Ho Chi Minh City needs to have more time to put the COVID-19 pandemic under more effective control, said secretary of the local Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen at a conference on Saturday. The Party Committee has agreed to the city’s plan on driving back the pandemic while maintaining economic growth, but currently except for a few districts, most other localities need some more time after September 15 to achieve the epidemic control targets, Nen said. Nen assigned the local Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control to prepare a report to the central government asking for more time for the city to stall the coronavirus spread. The city may better contain the virus by the end of this month, instead of September 15 as targeted in a recent resolution of the national government, Nen told the conference. World experience shows that it is difficult to eliminate all coronavirus infections at a given time and that restrictions cannot be maintained beyond the tolerance of …

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