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Hà Nội to re-open religious establishments, relic sites on March 8 Mekong Delta provinces step up COVID preventive measures as 2 test positive in Đồng Tháp Community-based COVID-19 prevention teams work hard during pandemic PM asks for rapid COVID-19 vaccination distribution Hải Dương conducts large-scale testing for COVID-19 from Feb 24 Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long at Friday meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn HÀ NỘI — Vaccinations using the recently-imported AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are expected to start on Monday, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long informed a meeting of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday. The first batch comprising over 117,600 doses of the vaccine manufactured in the Republic of Korea (RoK), arrived in Việt Nam on February 24 . After holding working sessions with the producer, Việt Nam has obtained an accreditation certificate for the batch from the RoK. Long said the doses, verified by the ministry, met the conditions for vaccination in Việt Nam. On Saturday, the health minister will chair a conference to launch the vaccination plan and provide training for medical staff nationwide in the use and storage of the vaccine, as well as the handling of post-injection complications. According to the official, priority for vaccination will be given to people at the front line of the fight against COVID-19, including health, army, police, customs and immigration personnel; those working in sectors offering essential services like aviation, transport, tourism and education; people with chronic illnesses or above 65 years old; those living in pandemic-hit areas; the poor and beneficiaries of social welfare. Those who get the shots will be monitored via digital health records and receive e-certificates for their completion of inoculation. Five million doses of vaccines, mostly …

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Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung speaks at a meeting on March 5. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Religious establishments, relic sites and tourist attractions in Hanoi will re-open on March 8 with preventive measures being still in place after they were temporarily closed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung said at a meeting on March 5. Religious activities should be downsized in their scale, and organised online to prevent the spread of the disease, he stressed. Dung ordered localities to enhance inspection and mete out harsh punishments to any violations of pandemic prevention, particularly restaurants, coffee shops, tea stalls and karaoke parlours, among others who resume operations without getting permission. Additionally, drastic measures must be deployed to monitor people coming from pandemic-hit areas, while online health declarations using QR code should be carried out from March 5, he added. The capital city has gone through 17 days without new COVID-19 infections. Thirty-five cases have been logged in the city since the latest COVID-19 wave hit the country on January 27. Although the pandemic has been put under control, the city needs to strictly follow pandemic prevention measures set out by the Government, the municipal Party Committee and the municipal People’s Committee. The communications work will be promoted to raise public awareness of the prevention measures, particularly the Ministry of Health’s 5K message: 5K message: khau trang (face mask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering) and khai bao y te (health declaration)./. VNA …

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Hanoi plans to vaccinate both residents and non-residents against COVID-19, Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the municipal Center for Disease Control (CDC) said on Thursday. Addressing reporters’ questions at a municipal meeting on the same day, Tuan said authorities in the capital have been very proactive in sourcing coronavirus vaccine doses. “On February 19, the municipal authorities sent a written petition to the Ministry of Health to ensure the city’s access to the vaccine source,” Tuan said. The early request, according to him, is to secure adequate inoculation for all eligible citizens 18 years old and older in the capital. The COVID-19 immunization will also cover non-residents, Tuan noted. Vietnam currently has 117,600 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on February 24. “According to the priority order of the Ministry of Health, the shots will be distributed to 13 provinces and cities that have reported COVID-19 infections, including Hanoi,” said the Hanoi CDC deputy director. The top priority will be given to Hai Duong, now an epicenter in northern Vietnam, Tuan explained. “Therefore, the number of shots left for Hanoi will be limited,” he said. “We will prioritize those in the anti-pandemic front line." Funds for the vaccination, Tuan said, can come from three sources, including the state budget, donations by individuals and businesses, and self-pay vaccine users, in accordance with the resolution of the government. As scheduled, the Ministry of Health will organize vaccination training for the entire preventive medicine system of 63 provinces and cities on March 6. Vietnam had spent nearly two months detecting zero community cases before it found the first one on January 27 and confirmed it one day later, according to the health ministry’s data. A total of 879 local cases have been confirmed in 13 provinces and cities since then, making it the most serious wave to have struck …

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