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Covid-19 cases in HCMC continue to climb with Omicron main pathogenic variant
It was recorded that from February 10 to 17, out of 92 samples sent to the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, 70 had... -
First three community Omicron cases recorded in HCMC
Today, Colonel Dr. Vu Hai Nam, Director of the April 30 Hospital under the Ministry of Public Security confirmed that the hospital had just recorded the first three cases of Omicron ... -
HCMC maintains pandemic alert level 1 for second week
For the second week in a row, Ho Chi Minh City has maintained the pandemic alert level 1, or green zone. There are no districts, wards, communes, and towns in HCMC at the pandemic alert level 3.... -
HCMC to shorten Covid-19 quarantine time
The Ministry of Health on December 15 approved HCMC Department of Health’s pilot plan on shortening mandatory quarantine period to seven days for asymptomatic covid-19 patients who... -
Vietnam basically completes first Covid vaccine dose for adult
Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen yesterday informed that since the Covid-19 pandemic out broke in the country, the vaccination rate of the first Covid-19 shot for over 18-year old people... -
Ministry guides same vaccine type or mRNA for third dose against Covid-19
Under the Ministry of Health’s guidance on Covid-19 booster shot s, vaccine recipients will get the vaccine type that they originally received or Moderna vaccine mRNA or AstraZeneca... -
VN proposes ban flights from S. Africa due to Omicron Covid-19 variant
The Ministry of Health has proposed that the Government consider the suspension of international flights to and from the following countries South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini,... -
Unvaccinated, not fully vaccinated persons account for 75 percent Covid deaths
Head of the Office of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai said that in three concessive days from November 19, 20 to 21, the southern largest city registered 151... -
Localities allowed to proactively reduce gap for second AstraZeneca vaccine dose
According to the Ministry of Health, the localities can proactively reduce the gap of the second dose vaccination using AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines for those who got their first shots of... -
Vietnam off to strong start to kids vaccination campaign
Vietnam begins injecting all children aged 12-17 with Covid-19 vaccine from November 2021. -
PC-Covid sole application for Covid-19 prevention in Vietnam
The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Ministry of Public Security, on November 13, agreed that the PC-Covid application is the only application for... -
Ministry licences Pfizer, Moderna vaccines for inoculation of children
The Ministry of Health has licenced Covid-19 Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for inoculation of children aged from 12-17. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines (Photo: Ministry of Health) ... -
Over 86,000 kids aged 12-17 in HCMC inoculated against Covid-19
86,324 children have been vaccinated against Covid-19 from the beginning of the vaccine rollout including 79,788 children aged 16-17 and 6,536 children aged 12-15 in Ho Chi Minh... -
Vietnam not record Delta Plus variant
According to Professor-Dr. Le Thi Quynh Mai, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, through monitoring and research, Vietnam has not recorded cases of Delta Plus... -
Ministries unify vaccination data
The Ministry of Health, on the evening of October 16, informed that the National Covid-19 Case Management System recorded 3,221 new infections in the past 24 hours. Of which, ten were... -
Guidelines on safe adaptation to Covid-19 pandemic
The Ministry of Public Health has issued guidance implementing the government’s freshly adopted Resolution on provisional guidelines on safe adaptation to the Covid-19 pandemic. ... -
Covid-19 vaccination now covers children aged 12 - 17: MoH
The Covid-19 vaccination will be expanded to children aged 12 - 17, starting this October in localities with sufficient conditions, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). ... -
Mekong Delta localities implement large-scale Covid-19 vaccination
After receiving vaccine doses under the distribution of the Ministry of Health, the Mekong Delta provinces and cities of Can Tho, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and Ben Tre are mobilizing medical workers... -
HCMC to get more 26 hospitals returned to pre-Surge functions by October 31
According to the HCMC Department of Health, 26 more public hospitals that specialized in treating Covid-19 patients will be returned to their pre-Surge functions, non-Covid work by October... -
Around 69 percent of residents in HCMC fully vaccinated against Covid-19
Until the end of October 6, approximately 11,965,360 shots had been administered, some 4,951,439 people have got the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines accounting for 68.7 percent, said the Ho Chi...
