Health Ministry calls for no firework display during Lunar New Year

Truc Bach ward in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district has launched an online medical station, making it the first of its kind in the capital city – Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot.

Vietnam logged an additional 15,684 COVID-19 infections, including 41 imported ones, over the past 24 hours to 4pm on January 16, the Ministry of Health reported.

The Health Ministry’s Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) has requested relevant units to ensure no medicine shortage and price hikes to meet demand for COVID-19 prevention and control during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival 2022.

Ho Chi Minh City’s health department on January 26 announced a total of 18 new Omicron cases, all imported cases that were quarantined on arrival.

Vietnam logged an additional 16,378 COVID-19 infections, including 73 imported cases, over the past 24 hours to 16:00 on January 15, the Ministry of Health reported.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has decided to stop the operations of four temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals No. 3, No. 5, No. 10 and Cu Chi from January 19.

Vietnam recorded 16,040 cases of COVID-19, including 14 imported ones, during 24 hours from 4pm January 13 to 4pm January 14, according to the Ministry of Health.

Officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health paid a working visit to Dai Son commune in the northern province of Yen Bai’s Van Yen district on January 12 and 13 to inspect COVID-19 vaccination and school health.

Vietnam recorded 16,725 cases of COVID-19 across all 63 localities during 24 hours from 4pm January 12 to 4pm January 13, including 25 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to complete the vaccination of people at risk from COVID-19 by January 20 while pressing on with rapid testing for this group.

Vietnam recorded 16,135 cases of COVID-19, including 69 imported ones, during 24 hours from 4pm January 11 to 4pm January 12, according to the Ministry of Health.

Air passengers from Omicron-hit countries and territories will continue to undergo rapid COVID-19 testing when entering Vietnam, and they will pay the fee via ticket prices or directly to test organisers at international airports.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded COVID-19 vaccination be further sped up and disease prevention measures strengthened, in an official dispatch issued on January 11.

Organisers expect to collect 45,000 - 50,000 blood units on Chu Nhat Do 2022 (Red Sunday), a blood donation campaign that will officially open at the People’s Police Academy in Hanoi on January 16.