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The Indonesian government plans to make a booster shot against COVID-19 a requirement for tourists amid the increasing cases of COVID-19 in several regions in the country, spokesman for the Indonesian Ministry of Health Mohammad Syahril stated.

Districts in Hanoi have stepped up the communication work on vaccination, given increasing cases of COVID-19 over the past days with the detection of Omicron subvariant BA.5. ​

A total of 913 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Vietnam on July 6, according to the Ministry of Health.

The national caseload of COVID-19 reached 10,750,313 on July 5 with 989 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.

Although the COVID-19 has been put under good control inside the country, it is necessary to focus on preventing the pandemic from re-emerging as no persons, localities or countries are safe when others are struggling against COVID-19, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 5 stated.

Vietnam is at risk of COVID-19 resurgence if people don’t get booster shots and local authorities stay negligent and fail to accelerate vaccine advocacy, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong told a Hanoi ceremony on July 5.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the 15th meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 5 amid the appearance of the BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron.

Vietnam reported an additional 511 infections of COVID-19 on July 4, up 174 cases from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam reported an additional 511 COVID-19 cases and no death on July 3, according to the Ministry of Health.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered faster administration of the third and fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccine as part of measures against the unpredictable pandemic situation, especially when the sub-variant BA.5 has appeared in Vietnam and raised the risk of a new wave of coronavirus infections.

Vietnam reported an additional 730 COVID-19 cases and no death on July 2, according to the Ministry of Health.

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.

A total 839 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm June 29 to 4pm June 30, according to the Ministry of Health.

In Vietnam, the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron with mild clinical symptoms is currently the dominant strain. However, there is now a risk that BA.5, a new sub-variant, will dominate the more ancient strains on the COVID-19 landscape in Vietnam.

The national caseload of COVID-19 reached 10,745,631 on June 29, according to the Ministry of Health.

A total 769 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm June 27 to 4pm June 28, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health has proposed considering COVID-19 a Group A infectious disease, not an endemic disease in its latest draft on COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the new situation.

Vietnamese travellers are the second most interested in Asia-Pacific (APAC) in travelling in post-pandemic period, with some 85 percent of respondents from the country planning a trip in the next 12 months, a survey by Booking.com found.

The Ministry of Health has proposed considering COVID-19 a Group A infectious disease, not an endemic disease in its latest draft on COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the new situation.

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineage BA.5 has entered Vietnam and may overwhelm the old sub-lineage BA.2 which is dominant in the country, according to Prof. Dr. Phan Trong Lan, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine.