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Fifteen new domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases were detected in Vietnam in the past 12 hours to 6 am on May 8, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The Ministry of Health has sent an official dispatch to chairpersons of provincial/municipal People's Committees, directors of provincial/municipal Departments of Health and heads of medical facilities nationwide, asking them to raise the alert against the COVID-19 pandemic to the highest level and actively conduct COVID-19 testing at hospitals.

The highest priority at this time is to fight COVID-19 and deal with its consequences in order to ensure security and safety as well as the public’s health, and complete the set dual goals, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on May 7.

After learning about a number of Vietnamese in Laos getting infected with COVID-19, the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane has taken a range of measures to support the Vietnamese community in the country.

The Cambodian government has introduced a “strategic plan for COVID-19 vaccination campaign to build socio-economic resilience in Cambodia by 2021” in a bid to accelerate the vaccination of all people aged 18 and over in high-priority areas.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son on May 7 signed a document requiring that hospitals under the Ministry of Health, the health departments of centrally-run cities and provinces, the health agencies of sectors, and hospitals at universities further strengthen COVID-19 prevention measures at medical examination and treatment facilities.

Governors of Phnom Penh and Vientiane on May 7 spoke highly of Ho Chi Minh City’s initiative to organize an online discussion between leaders of the three major cities of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to share experience in the COVID-19 fight.

People who have completed 21-day concentrated quarantine must be managed and have their health monitored at home within the next seven days, according to the Ministry of Health.

One COVID-19 infection was reported in the past 12 hours to 6am May 7, the Ministry of Health said on May 7.

The compulsory concentrated COVID-19 quarantine period in Vietnam has been officially extended to 21 days.

The northern province of Vinh Phuc had recorded 25 locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19 and two imported cases by 4pm May 6, according to the provincial steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, his deputies and leaders of units at the Ministry of Health received COVID-19 vaccine shots on May 6 morning at the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines allows free-of-charge ticket change and refund for travellers with confirmed seats and departure date due to the complexity of the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

Authorities in northern Quang Ninh and Dien Bien provinces and southern Binh Phuoc province on May 5 took actions against persons involved in illegal migration.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh has ordered drastically implementing COVID-19 prevention and control measures amid the complex and unexpected developments of the pandemic.

Vietnam will support quarantine fees for its citizens who return from neighbouring countries by road.

Vietnam reported eight new cases of COVID-19 over the past 12 hours to 6am on May 6, all being patients of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Dong Anh.

The compulsory concentrated COVID-19 quarantine period in Vietnam has been officially extended to 21 days.

Vietnam recorded 26 new COVID-19 cases, including eight imported and 18 domestically-transmitted infections in the past 12 hours to 6pm on May 5, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 5 sent an urgent dispatch requiring the strict implementation of concentrated quarantine regulations and post-quarantine management.