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A French citizen gets vaccinated at FV Hospital (Photo: courtesy of FV hospital ) HCM City (VNA) – FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City is running a vaccination drive targeting 5,000 French citizens and their family members in southern Vietnam, which began on July 29. Vincent Floreani, Consul General of France in HCM City, said: “I am very grateful to the Vietnamese Government for supporting us to be able to implement the vaccination programme for the French community. We also appreciate the organisation of FV Hospital from the phase of registration to vaccination”. Under the drive, 10,000 shots of Moderna vaccine will be given to the group. About 500 people are set to be vaccinated on a daily basis. Jean-Marcel Guillon, Chief Executive Officer of FV Hospital, said the injection procedure is done safely following COVID-19 prevention and control measures, including the city’s current social distancing regulations. Expressing her joy after getting her shot on July 29, …

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President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc during his field trip to HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked HCM City to continue to strictly implement the current high level of social distancing measures. During his field trip to the city on Friday he emphasised to city leaders that the first and most important goal at this point is to protect the health and safety of people and to minimise fatalities. The president said the city needed to strictly implement social distancing measures with each family isolating itself from other families, one village from other villages, one commune from other communes, one province from other provinces. The city must proactively and urgently issue cards to allow motorbike drivers, taxi drivers and volunteers to deliver and support food, goods for the people. They should also prioritise vaccinating frontline forces, the president said. He suggested the city should have on-site consulting doctors for …

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Vegetables being loaded into a bus belonging to Bao Yen Construction Services Tourism Co., Ltd. in HCM City last week. Five such buses are being used to distribute vegetables around the city. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - I was surprised to receive a call from an American friend who lives in Singapore, asking about the pandemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam’s current COVID-19 epicentre with a daily record of thousands of cases. He was concerned that the situation could spin “out of control”, comparing it to India or Indonesia. I told my friend that he had called at a good time as I had just read a news story from the Singapore-based The Straits Times, headlined “Vietnam grapples with public frustration over COVID-19 pandemic missteps and transparency”, mentioning the growing unhappiness about the pandemic control measures. The story, I believe, described the situation in a superficial way. I have closely observed the global situation, especially …

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A police officer checks a delivery person in HCM City’s District 3. The city has created a database on delivery workers to ensure travel restrictions are not violated. — Photo thanhnien.vn HCM CITY — To ensure smooth delivery and distribution of essential goods amid the COVID-19 restrictions, the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has created a database of delivery staff that can be easily accessed by inspectors and notified the public about businesses that sell essential products. It has apprised district authorities, the police and others about how to identify various people such as shippers working for delivery services and those supplying meals to hospitals, quarantine zones and other facilities, a key factor in combating the pandemic. People delivering for e-commerce companies need to be in uniforms and have a travel permit issued by their employers and employee identity card. Information about the shippers’ vehicles, address and delivery route are easily …

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Medical authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have planned to improve the capacity of its overloaded emergency treatment system during the COVID-19 pandemic by employing more ambulances and switchboard operators. As the number of local COVID-19 infections in the metropolis has been rising rapidly, the city’s 115 emergency medical response center has been overburdened with high demands for transportation to hospitals and incoming calls to its hotline. In order to handle those backlogs, the center has resorted to Quang Trung Software City in District 12 to open an additional sub-branch of the 115 emergency switchboard, increasing its capacity from 14 to 40 transmission lines, and more if needed, according to Nguyen Duy Long, the center director. Long added that the center will add 100 volunteers to its current team of switchboard operators, with a target of answering every incoming call. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications also has plans to put artificial …

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The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has issued official guidance on how to monitor and care for COVID-19 patients at home as part of its bid to reduce pressure on local treatment facilities. The guidance was signed by Tang Chi Thuong, deputy director of the city’s health department, and was sent to local hospitals and district-level administrations and medical centers. The document highlighted that COVID-19 patients with no symptoms who meet certain requirements on their seventh day at treatment facilities are allowed to be discharged and have their health monitored at home for 14 days. Asymptomatic patients who were recently detected in the community can also be quarantined at their houses for 14 days if they do not suffer from obesity and underlying health conditions. Quarantined people must stay in a separate room with windows and have a separate bathroom. The room must have a recycle bin with a proper cover, sufficient personal items, hand and surface sanitizer, …

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INCHAM purchases ECMO machine for HCMC’s hospital The Saigon Times Medical workers take care of a critical Covid-19 patient. The Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam will provide the Tropical Diseases Hospital of HCMC with one ECMO machine to support the treatment of Covid-19 patients in the city - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - In a virtual ceremony held today, July 30, the Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam (INCHAM) signed a contract with the Viet Gia Medical Equipment JSC to purchase one extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine for installation at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases of HCMC. The machine is being purchased with contribution from the Indian community based in HCMC and the other southern provinces of Vietnam with the support of the Indian Consulate General in HCMC and INCHAM. Along with Dr. Madan Mohan Sethi, Consul General of India in HCMC, Manoj Bharthwal, chairman of INCHAM, and the representatives from Viet Gia Medical Equipment JSC, the virtual …

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Binh Duong to establish two more Covid-19 field hospitals The Saigon Times Medical workers, military and other competent forces are seen gathering at the Covid-19 Field Hospital No.1 set up at the World Trade Center Binh Duong New City in Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province. The southern province today, July 30, decided to set up two additional Covid-19 field hospitals in Ben Cat Town and Bau Bang District – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The southern province of Binh Duong today, July 30, decided to set up two additional Covid-19 field hospitals in Ben Cat Town and Bau Bang District, with a total of 8,000 beds. Specifically, the province’s Covid-19 Field Hospital No.3 will be located at the Vietnamese - German University, with 3,000 beds, while the Covid-19 Field Hospital No.4 will be at the Hoang Hung Company in Bau Bang, with 3,000-5,000 beds. A few days ago, the province also set up the 5,000-bed Covid-19 Field Hospital No.2 in Ben Cat Town, with over VND100 billion in …

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HCMC hospitals discharge 11,200 Covid-19 patients in three days The Saigon Times Recovered Covid-19 patients are discharged from the Field Hospital No. 4 in HCMC. Over 11,200 Covid-19 patients were discharged from the hospitals in the city in three days - PHOTO: NLDO HCMC - Over 3,130 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals in HCMC on July 29, taking the city’s total recoveries between July 27 and 29 to over 11,200, the HCMC Center for Disease Control said today, July 30. The city reported over 4,350 recoveries on July 27 and over 3,800 other recoveries a day later. Although HCMC has seen thousands of new infections each day, thousands of Covid-19 recoveries in the city have been reported every day. The total number of Covid-19 patients in HCMC who have recovered since the pandemic hit Vietnam early this year has reached 28,320, the local media reported. After being discharged from hospitals, the patients must self-isolate at home, check their body …

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New approach, new solutions necessary for long fight: PM Medics, volunteers battle to keep HCM City safe from coronavirus Stores work hard to follow limited operating hours Over 7,900 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday 6,000 medical workers from all over Việt Nam volunteer to help deal with HCM City's outbreak Doctors at Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City treat a patient with COVID-19. Photo courtesy of the hospital HCM CITY — Patients with locally acquired COVID-19 showing no symptoms, and with no underlying disease or obesity, will now be under a 14-day home quarantine, according to new guidelines released by the HCM City Department of Health on Thursday. New COVID-19 cases with manageable underlying diseases will also be quarantined at home for 14 days. The new guidelines aim to reduce the overload of COVID-19 patients at healthcare facilities and increase the quality of treatment for COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe symptoms in …

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