Up to 98.7% of people in HCM City have antibodies to COVID-19, which developed after the unprecedented wave of infections driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant in early March, according to data from HCM City’s Department of Health.
The Ministry of Health has issued a guidance on the wearing of masks in public places for COVID-19 prevention and control, clarifying to who and where it is a must.
Prof. Dr. Phan Trong Lan, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine emphasised the need to take booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines while speaking at a seminar on the matter held by the government portal on July 1.
As COVID-19 may continue to develop complicatedly until the end of 2022, the speeding up of vaccination and implementation of 5K message are the best way to protect the outcomes of the pandemic fight in the country, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to step up COVID-19 screening and testing in the community, especially in high-risk places such as markets, bus stations, and airports.
An additional 3,991 new COVID-19 infections, including four imported cases, were reported in Vietnam on July 24 morning, according to the Ministry of Health.
Deputy Director of the Hanoi Health Department Tran Van Chung warned of a high risk of COVID-19 infection in the community, especially the outbreak in Dong Anh district where new cases had close contacts with many people.
Vietnam recorded 123 new COVID-19 cases, including 108 domestic ones, in the past 7 hours and a half to 7:30pm on June 26, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam recorded 64 more COVID-19 infections, including 41 domestic and 23 imported cases, in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 9, lifting the national tally to 9,222, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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