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Some 377 health workers who got the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine yesterday are in stable condition now. A medical worker of Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCMC gets the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. (Photo: SGGP) These health staffs working in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, the medical clinic in Hai Duong Town and in Kim Thanh District of the Northern Province of Hai Duong were inoculated against Covid-19 first when the country started mass vaccination with AstraZeneca shots to achieve herd immunity. The National steering Board for Covid-19 Prevention and Control yesterday evening confirmed 12 Covid-19 cases including one domestically-transmitted case in Hai Duong and 11 imported cases in the Southern Province of Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City and the South-Central Province of Ninh Thuan. All imported cases were under quarantine at arrival. Vietnam has recorded 2,524 coronavirus cases as … [Read more...] about 377 health workers getting Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in stable condition

Ho Chi Minh City will continue the closure of discos, bars, karaoke parlors to ensure safety amid COVID-19 pandemic, while other service business types will be resumed from March 9. Discos, bars, karaoke parlors in HCM City will continue to be closed (Photo: VNA) Under a dispatch issued by the Chairman of the city People’s Committee on March 8, the city leader asked heads of departments, sectors and agencies to localities to continue strictly implementing directions of the Prime Minister, the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control as well as the Health Ministry and the city in pandemic prevention and control measures, including the “5K message”. Locals are advised to strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control measures, especially in wearing facemask in public places, washing hands, and keeping safe distance. The city leader asked the Department of Information and Communications to strengthen communications on measures to prevent … [Read more...] about HCM City continues closure of discos, bars, karaoke parlors

An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will focus investment on major and urgent transportation projects facilitating regional connectivity, heard a working session of the municipal People’s Committee's working group on the 2021 plan of the municipal Department of Transport on March 8. Tran Quang Lam, Director of the municipal Department of Transport, said that the city will speed up the preparation of investment and propose investment plans for major and urgent projects linking regional localities as well as industrial parks and clusters, as well as export processing zones and seaports. The projects include Belt Roads No. 2 and 3, HCM City-Moc Bai Expressway, Nguyen Khoai road’s bridge, National Highways No. 50 and 22, Can Gio bridge, and overhead roads. At the same time, the city will launch infrastructure serving the eastern interactive urban area - Thu Duc city, while applying measures to speed up the progress of important … [Read more...] about HCM City to focus on major, urgent transport projects

Residents in Block 112, Dư Hàng Worker's Residential Area, Lê Chân District celebrate after the lockdown is lifted. — VNA/VNS Photo An Đăng HẢI PHÒNG — Hải Phòng City has removed the 14-day lockdown for the last two locations of Hamlet 4 of Lôi Động Village, Thủy Nguyên District and Block 112 of Dư Hàng Worker's Residential Area, Dư Hàng Ward, Lê Chân District from midnight on Tuesday. Previously, a 26-year-old female nurse, who worked at the city’s Transport Hospital was found positive for SARS-CoV-2 after the city conducted tests for medical staff on February 21. The nurse lives in Hamlet 4 of Lôi Động Village. Also the same day, the city’s Preventive Medicine Centre took samples of a male nurse, 28, who worked at the city’s Transport Hospital, which were positive for SARS-CoV-2. He lives in Block 112, Dư Hàng Ward, Lê Chân District. Therefore, the areas, where the two patients live, were locked down for 14 days. According to a report by the city’s health … [Read more...] about Hải Phòng City ends lockdown of two last locations

On the morning of March 8, the first Vietnamese were injected with Covid-19 vaccine at four places: The Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City, the Health Center of Hai Duong Province and Kim Thanh District Medical Center in Hai Duong. The vaccination started at 8am. Nearly 300 health workers who directly treat Covid-19 patients were the first who were vaccinated. Three Deputy Ministers of Health – Mr. Tran Van Thuan, Mr. Nguyen Truong Son and Mr. Do Xuan Tuyen – were present at the vaccination sites for monitoring. Each person received 1 dose of 0.5 ml. The second dose will be injected in 3 months. The person had to stay at the vaccination site for 30 minutes and monitored at home for the first 24 hours. Vietnam has received 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. The Ministry of Health delivered 71,000 doses to the Centers for Disease Control in 13 Covid-19-hit provinces and cities, 30,000 doses to the … [Read more...] about Covid-19 vaccinations begin in Vietnam