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Health Ministry demands prudence as COVID-19 cases rise

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned of a spike in the number of new COVID-19 infections as well as critical cases.
Health Ministry demands prudence as COVID-19 cases rise ảnh 1A medical worker performs COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) haswarned of a spike in the number of new COVID-19 infections as well as criticalcases.

Over the past week, Vietnam has recorded an average of 2,000new COVID-19 cases each day. More than 100 seriously ill COVID-19 patientsare being treated at hospitals.

The increase will cause overload for the health system,particularly in the context of the outbreak of other diseases such as denguefever, influenza A and hand-foot-mouth, according to the ministry.

Also, there is a high risk for newly emerging infectiousdiseases such as monkeypox and chronic liver problems to enter Vietnam.

As the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron have appearedin many southern localities while the new academic year will start soon, the ministry is urging localities to continue to speed up vaccination, particularlybooster doses for the adult population and the second dose for children betweenfive and under 12 years old.

Health Ministry demands prudence as COVID-19 cases rise ảnh 2Inside a health facility treating seriously-ill COVID-19 patients in HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
The ministry said it will continue closely watching thedevelopment of the COVID-19 pandemic and regularly evaluate and analyse thesituation in order to build plans and scenarios to respond to any outbreak in atimely manner.

The MoH’s General Department of Preventive Medicine hasasked local health authorities to update the number of new COVID-19 cases on adaily basis, and tasked them to early detect new infections andminimise critically-ill patients and deaths.

The national COVID-19 caseload in Vietnam now stands at morethan 11.3 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

The total number of recoveries rose to over 10 million.There are 106 patients in serious conditions needing breathing support.

The country has so far administered more than 251 milliondoses of vaccines./.
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