Since August 20, Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of Vietnam's ongoing Covid-19 wave, has recorded 150,000 positive cases via rapid antigen tests as part of its mass screening campaign. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, deputy director of the Health Department, said if the 150,000 people with positive Covid-19 rapid test results are to be confirmed, the mortality rate in the city would be lower instead of the 4 percent ratio as previously calculated. "All of them have already been placed on the city’s list of Covid-19 patients for monitoring, caring and treating," he told the press Monday. Responding to the city's request, the ministry said since the fourth wave, localities have been updating their infection data via an automatic system, which is the foundation for the ministry's daily Covid-19 releases. The ministry had also issued instructions on August 20 to allow confirmation of Covid-19 infections via rapid tests, in case the patients are qualified to be isolated at home for treatment. …
Vietnam adds 9,342 cases to Covid-19 tally
The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 4,134 cases, Binh Duong with 3,793 cases and Dong Nai with 616 cases. Of the day's tally, 4,453 cases were detected in the community. The health ministry also confirmed 10,528 discharges the same day, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 538,454. The Covid-19 death toll in Vietnam rose to 18,758 with the confirmation of 174 deaths Monday. The average number of new cases in the country for the past seven days has been 10,035 a day while the national death rate over the past week has been 208 a day on average. The country has vaccinated over 39.23 million people with at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot. Over 8.2 million have been fully vaccinated. …
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Vietnam’s Phu Quoc detects 158 COVID-19 cases linked to newfound cluster in one week
The island city Phu Quoc off the southern Kien Giang Province discovered 18 new coronavirus positive cases from Sunday to Monday, bringing the total caseload of an infection chain found a week ago to 158, the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced. Patients who are under treatment at the Phu Quoc City medical center, as well as a quarantine center in a military base on the island, are currently in good condition and show no grave symptoms, officials reported on Monday. They are all linked to a new COVID-19 cluster, which was first detected on Thursday last week and is the first to have emerged on the popular tourist island since the pandemic occurred in Vietnam early last year. The outbreak seems to have spread to five out of its nine wards and communes and possibly wider, a doctor at the Kien Giang Center for Disease Control commented. Currently, 293 people that came into direct contact with coronavirus patients are being isolated at two …
Covid-19 cases in HCMC drop dramatically
Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son visits the Center for Intensive Care for Covid-19 patients In 23 provinces and cities including Ho Chi Minh City, the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Long An practicing social distancing, the number of new cases in the past seven days decreased by 9.8 percent compared to that prior. In the week, the country recorded 72,236 cases, down 9.7 percent from the previous week. Approximate 40,577 people were tested positive for the coronavirus, down 11.7 percent compared to the previous week. Among localities, Ho Chi Minh City has 37,884 new cases in the community reducing 4,236 cases against the prior week while Binh Duong Province was detected some 1,257 cases reducing 533 cases and Long An Province with 72 cases reducing 158 cases. Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son, Head of the special standing division for Covid-19 prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City, yesterday visited the Center for Intensive Care for Covid-19 patients under the …
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COVID-19 cases and deaths fall on Monday
A QR code to submit health declarations on a stall in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — A further 9,362 COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam on Monday, bringing the national tally to 766,051 cases. Another 174 COVID-19 deaths were also announced. The majority of these deaths were in HCM City, with 122 deaths. Total deaths now stand at 18,758. Việt Nam's mortality rate is 0.4 per cent higher than the world’s average, which stands at 2 per cent. The Ministry of Health also announced there are currently more than 4,100 COVID-19 patients considered seriously ill. 29 of these are being treated with ECMO. Of the new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, 20 were imported while 9,342 cases were locally transmitted – a decrease of 669 cases compared to Sunday. Among the new local infections, HCM City again recorded the highest with 4,134, followed by the southern provinces of Bình Dương (3,793) and Đồng Nai (616). Other cases were found in Long An …
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Hanoi reports no new COVID-19 case in 24 hours, first time in over two months
No new COVID-19 infection was detected in Hanoi from 12:00 pm on Saturday to 12:00 pm on Sunday, a record that has not been seen since July 5. According to an announcement from the Hanoi Department of Health at noon on Sunday, the capital city had not seen any new case from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm Sunday, which marks 24 consecutive hours of zero new infections. As of Sunday morning, Hanoi health officials had administered over 6.7 million COVID-19 jabs to residents, with nearly 950,000 being follow-up doses. As the COVID-19 epidemic has been brought under control, Hanoi has resumed numerous services after two months of suspension, including providers and sellers of essential goods, barbershops and hair salons, banks, and post and telecommunications service providers. However, local authorities still ban public gatherings of 10 people and more as well as meetings and events attended by more than 20 people in a room, except essential cases subject to strict epidemic prevention …
HCMC proposes criteria changes for Covid fight evaluation
In a document from deputy chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc to the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control regarding managing and adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic, the city calls for changes to certain metrics and requirements to evaluate its adaptability to fight the coronavirus, such as the number of beds with ventilators or the number of vaccinated people across different age ranges. According to a draft by the Ministry of Health, the criteria used to evaluate adaptability to the coronavirus include vaccination rate and availability of medical equipment and infrastructure. Specifically, at least 80 percent of people aged above 50 must be fully vaccinated, all local medical facilities must have oxygen canisters, mobile medical stations and groups to care for coronavirus cases, and a multi-level Covid-19 treatment structure that ensures the number of ICU beds amounts to at least 2 percent of the highest anticipated number of …
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Today’s Covid News: Germany donates 2.6 million vaccine doses to Vietnam
On the day, about four million doses arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, where is on the way to conduct reopening plans. About 2.6 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Vietnam today [Sept 27] as an offer made by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Dr. Guido Hildner, German Ambassador to Vietnam, and Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung at the handover ceremony in Hanoi on Sept 27. Photo: Embassy of Germany in Hanoi This is the second delivery of vaccines from Germany within two weeks, including the first shipment via the COVAX Facility, according to the German Ambassador to Vietnam, Dr. Guido Hildner. The latest batch drove up German donations to 3.45 million doses, making Germany the biggest European donor to Hanoi. “This support is an expression of our solidarity with the people of Vietnam. It also underscores our commitment to the Strategic Partnership with Vietnam, whose 10th …
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HCM City sees sharp fall in numbers of COVID-19 deaths, hospitalised patients
Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City has seen higher efficiency as the numbers of new cases, severe patients and deaths have decreased while the number of discharged patients has increased rapidly, said a municipal official. Speaking at a press conference held by HCM City's Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on September 26, Chief of Office of the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai said 3,512 patients were hospitalised on September 25, a sharp decline compared to the previous days. The number of seriously ill patients who need support of ventilators fell to 1,918 on September 25 compared to 2,037 on September 23 and 2,174 on September 21, she said. The number of fatalities also saw a remarkable drop, with 131 deaths recorded on September 26 compared to more than 350 cases in late August, Mai stressed. The number of patients discharged from hospitals has also …
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 27
Vietnam Airlines completes longest flight for transporting vaccines A flight of Vietnam Airlines transporting COVID-19 Abdala vaccine from Cuba to Vietnam safely landed at the Noi Bai International Airport on September 26. With a total length of more than 17,000 km, and 20.5 hours of flying, this is the longest flight so far that Vietnam Airlines has operated to transport vaccines. The vaccines on the flight, which used wide-body aircraft Boeing 787-9, were kept in specialized equipment, and handed over to the authorized agency immediately after landing. Cuba's Abdala vaccine is considered one of the world's most effective COVID-19 vaccines. Previously, the Ministry of Health had conditionally approved this vaccine for emergency use in preventing and controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. As a national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines plays a key role in transporting COVID-19 vaccines. Since early 2021, with its fleet and extensive network of routes, …
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