Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked authorities and relevant forces to work hard to prevent COVID-19 in lockdown areas in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang from spreading to safe areas or adjacent localities.
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, on May 28, visited and inspected COVID-19 prevention and control in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, which have borne the brunt of the current wave of outbreaks.
Workers in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, two localities hit hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, began receiving vaccinations on May 27.
The authorities in the northern province of Bac Ninh, which is a current hotspot of COVID-19, has decided to establish two more hospitals that together are capable of accommodating 700 beds to treat infected people.
Vietnam Airlines will provide free transport of personnel who are sent to assist with the anti-pandemic fight in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, the largest hotspots of COVID-19 in the country, as from May 26.
A delegation of representatives from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and organisations, individuals, and donors on May 25 presented financial support and goods to workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern province of Bac Ninh.
Northern Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces – Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 outbreak hotspots - have launched social distancing in several localities to stop the spread of the pandemic.
The northern province of Bac Ninh, which is among localities affected by the latest COVID-19 outbreak that began in late April, has decided to open two hospitals capable of treating 600 COVID-19 patients.
The People’s Committee of northern Bac Ninh province has applied social distancing measures throughout Thuan Thanh district , starting from 2pm on May 9, in the face of complex developments of COVID-19 there over the past few days.
The northern province of Bac Ninh reported nine more cases of COVID-19 linked with a pandemic cluster at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on May 6.
The four groups of national treasures at But Thap Pagoda, namely the thousand-hands and thousand-eyes Avalokitesvara statue, the statues of the Buddhas of the three times, the nine-story lotus tower, and the altar, were all made from wood in the 17th century.
Authorities in the northern port city of Hai Phong started a COVID-19 vaccination programme for prioritised people in 15 areas and kicked off a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the city.
Four more COVID-19 patients in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai were declared on February 23 to have fully recovered, raising the total number of recoveries in the locality to five.