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The vaccines would come from British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca, global vaccine access mechanism Covax and other domestic producers. The reception schedule and number of doses received was reported by the National Steering Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control to the government Wednesday. The first batch, delivered Wednesday, was 117,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from AstraZeneca. They would be prioritized for those on the frontline of the pandemic fight, including medical workers, doctors, nurses, contact tracers and officials of Covid-19 prevention and control committees. The second batch, expected to arrive within the first half of this year, would comprise 1.5 million additional doses, of which 1.2 million are provided by Covax and the rest by AstraZeneca. These doses would also be prioritized for those on the pandemic frontline, with the addition of diplomatic personnel, customs officers, immigration officers and soldiers. The third batch, expected within the second quarter, would include 8.2 million additional doses from AstraZeneca. Soldiers who have not been inoculated during the second wave, along with police officers, teachers and the elderly (aged 80 and above) would be vaccinated at this time. The fourth batch, expected within the third quarter, would consist of 10.9 million doses, including 3.6 million from Covax and the remainder from AstraZeneca. The elderly who have not been vaccinated, along with those working in essential businesses and those with chronic conditions, would be inoculated this time round. The fifth batch, expected between the fourth quarter and first quarter of 2022, would provide 14.4 million doses by AstraZeneca for those with chronic conditions and not yet vaccinated. The sixth batch, expected within the same time frame as the fifth, would afford 25.2 million Covax doses to those with chronic conditions and not yet vaccinated, along with those aged 65-80. The final batch, expected between the fourth quarter and …

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Vietnam’s economic engine HCM City has the country’s lowest fertility rate of 1.53, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest report in June. A newborn at HCM City's Hung Vuong Hospital. The city's fertility rate is lowest in Vietnam. A total 21 provinces and cities have low to very low fertility rates, mostly in the Mekong Delta, southeast and central coastal regions. With a total population of 38 million, these provinces’ prolonged declining fertility rates pose dire threats to the country’s future in terms of security, workforce and economy, the report said. Meanwhile, 33 others have high fertility rates, with the central province of Ha Tinh topping the list at 2.9 births per woman of childbearing age. The MoH has recently decided to attempt to adjust fertility rates among localities to maintain the desired fertility at replacement level of two to 2.2 children per woman of reproductive age. The ministry said it would allocate State funds to provide contraceptive methods to localities with low birth rates which are usually poor and currently account for 42 per cent of the country’s population. There will also be incentives to encourage families in areas with low fertility rates to have more children. The plan touches on piloting online sex education and consulting for youth as well as programmes to prevent infertility and reproductive cancers for adolescents. According to the MoH, Vietnam has a high rate of infertility of which 7.7 per cent is primary infertility. The 2019 Population and Housing Census also revealed contradictions between women’s financial statuses and their willingness to bear a child. Those in the richest group had the lowest fertility rate and vice versa. Sex imbalance at birth has witnessed an upward trend in recent years, the census highlighted. Vietnam’s total fertility rate (TFR) dropped from 2.25 children per woman in 2001 to 1.99 in 2011. From 2012 to 2019, the rate ranged from 2.04 to 2.1. …

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A Japanese expert who died in a hotel in Hanoi in mid-February was identified as being infected with a new coronavirus variant, the fifth of its kind in Vietnam, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long confirmed on Wednesday. According to genetic sequencing results, the new variant is referred to as 20C -- a form of the virus which has been circulating primarily in South Korea, Sri Lanka, India, and Taiwan -- and is not a highly contagious strain. Japan, however, has yet to document any case of the 20C variant. It is the first time the variant has been detected in Vietnam and is the fifth coronavirus mutation to have been found in the Southeast Asian country. The other four variants include B.1.1.7 from the UK and B.1.351 first detected in South Africa, both belonging to the 'B lineage,' the 'A lineage' (referred to as A.23.1) originally emerging in Rwanda in October 2020, and D614G popularly known to scientists as 'G.' As more variants are detected, Minister Long forewarned that “the pathogen may still exist in the community, so it is necessary to raise vigilance for pandemic prevention.” Regarding the deceased Japanese citizen , posthumous test results after he had been found dead at a hotel in Tay Ho District, Hanoi on February 13 showed that he was positive for the novel coronavirus. The man, who was an expert working for the Hanoi branch of Mitsui & Co. Vietnam Ltd., completed quarantine in Ho Chi Minh City between January 17 and 31 before flying to Hanoi where he stayed at the hotel from February 1. Vietnam had recorded 2,412 coronavirus cases, including 1,513 local infections, as of Thursday morning, with 1,804 recoveries and 35 virus-related fatalities, according to the Ministry of Health’s data. In the latest wave, 636 cases were recorded in Hai Duong, 61 in Quang Ninh Province, 27 in Gia Lai Province, 35 in Hanoi, five in Bac Ninh Province, two in Bac Giang Province, 36 in Ho Chi Minh City, two in Hoa Binh Province, one in Ha Giang …

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