The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on July 8 issued a document guiding pilot quarantine of F1 cases at home amid the rapid and complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the southern hub.
Ho Chi Minh City has geared up plans to ensure that people’s life will not be affected once citywide social distancing is imposed, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong told a videoconference on July 7.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has requested provincial-level localities nationwide to impose home quarantine on people coming or returning from Ho Chi Minh City for seven days and conduct COVID-19 testing for them thrice, given the complex and unpredictable developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the southern largest city.
Vietnam recorded 400 new COVID-19 cases from 6am to 12pm on July 7, of which 277 were found in quarantine sites or sealed off areas, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 277 more COVID-19 infections, including one imported cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on July 7, pushing the national count to 22,341.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has developed a response plan for a scenario in which the number of COVID-19 patients reaches 10,000 – 15,000, including 500 severe cases.
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export was over 2.06 billion USD in the first half of this year, up 17.4 percent year-on-year, the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association (VinaFruit) said.
Students and lectures at the University of Science and Technology under Da Nang University have created a mobile cabin to transport patients with COVID-19 in quarantine areas.
An additional 189 domestically-infected COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 12 hours to 6am on July 1, raising the national tally to 17,052, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Vietnam posted additional 240 COVID-19 cases, consisting of 233 domestic and seven imported ones, from 12:30pm to 6:30pm on June 30, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Vietnam has proven that it has strong and durable institutions that could protect the country’s public health through future pandemics, according to an article recently published on the website brookings.edu of the US-based Brookings Institution.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) will pilot 7-day mandatory quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers and those who clinically recovered from COVID-19 and have negative testing results, according to a decision recently issued by the MoH.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued guidance on pilot home isolation for F1s, who have close contact with COVID-19 patients, in Ho Chi Minh City so as to prevent overcrowding and cross-infection at concentrated quarantine sites.
Vietnam logged 76 new local infections of COVID-19 in the past six hours to 12pm on June 27, bringing the national count to 15,401 according to the Ministry of Health.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 26 led a Government delegation to inspect the COVID-19 prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City which is being hit hard by the pandemic.
Additional 42 COVID-19 infections, including five imported ones, were confirmed in the last 12 hours to 6am on June 24, raising the national tally to 13,989, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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