The Lao Ministry of Health has urged people to continue complying with COVID-19 prevention and control measures, even though there are very few cases reported daily.
The Ministry of Health has recommended people to follow six measures to protect themselves from monkeypox, as Vietnam announced the first case of the disease on October 3.
The Lao Ministry of Health has launched a COVID-19 vaccination drive for children at the age of five with the aim of getting 80% of its population vaccinated against the disease within this year.
The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities, asking them to calculate the number of children from 6 months old to under 5 years old to prepare a plan on COVID-19 vaccination for them when there are enough conditions and scientific basis.
The Medical Services Administration (MSA) under the Ministry of Health and AstraZeneca Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a programme to improve care for patients with cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases in Vietnam.
The national COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,463,404 with 3,177 new cases recorded on September 20, up nearly 1,400 cases from the previous day according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam records about 200,000 stroke patients every year, said Associate Professor Nguyen Trong Luu, Vice President of the Vietnam Association for Rehabilitation.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the construction of the branches of Viet Duc, Bach Mai and National Geriatric Hospitals in the northern province of Ha Nam on September 18.