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HCM City shippers to get free COVID-19 tests

Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s current biggest COVID-19 hotspot, will test its shippers for free, deputy head of the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Pham Duc Hai said on August 30.
HCM City shippers to get free COVID-19 tests ảnh 1Ho Chi Minh City will test its shippers for free. (Photo: VNA)
Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City, the country’scurrent biggest COVID-19 hotspot, will test its shippers for free, deputy headof the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Pham Duc Haisaid on August 30.

On August 29, the municipal People’s Committee allowedthe shippers who utilise tech apps to operate within Thu Duc city and Districts8, 12, Go Vap, Binh Tan, Binh Thanh and Hoc Mon that are being hard hit by thepandemic.

However, they must have received at least one COVID-19vaccine shot and tested negative for the coronavirus.

A total of 40,133 COVID-19 patients are being treated inthe southern economic hub. On August 29, the city gave the all-clear to 2,372patients and recorded 245 fatalities.

As of August 29, the city had administered more than6.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

Hai said after seven days of tightening the socialdistancing order, the city has basically completed set targets, with a sharpdrop in the death toll./.
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