Covid 19 testing

Addressing the event, the Government leader said that Viet Nam has been effectively controlling the pandemic within the country as no new community infections have been reported in the past nine days, and the number of recoveries increase every day. The new normal has been established, he said, asking for continuous vigilance, especially among the health sector and hospitals. The health sector should always uphold a sense of responsibility in this process, while proposing timelier measures in the context of implementing the dual goal of fighting the disease and promoting economic recovery, the PM requested. Touching upon the re-opening of some commercial flights in September, he urged special attention to carefully implementing disease prevention and control measures, such as quarantine and testing, emphasizing the resolve to prevent the emergence of new COVID-19 outbreaks caused by foreigners entering Viet Nam. According to a report by the Ministry of Health (as of 5pm on … [Read more...] about Vietnam has conducted nearly 1.24 million COVID-19 tests, Gov’t says

Da Nang eased social distancing measures on September 5, and the transport ministry allowed the resumption of public transport services to and from the city two days later. The central city, the epicenter of the second wave of Covid-19, has basically brought the outbreak under control with 10 days without new cases. … [Read more...] about HCMC mandates Covid-19 test for people arriving from Da Nang

For now, local companies have been working on producing antigen detection test kits that can make use of existing equipment and machinery in Vietnam, take shorter time to come up with the results that are as precise as those analyzed by the RT-PCR method, he said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to let businesses run Covid-19 tests at airports

Hanoi (VNA) – The COVID-19 tally in Vietnam remains at 1,049 as the country continued to have no new COVID-19 cases to report within 12 hours as of 6am of September 8, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. Of the total, 691 were infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 domestically, including 551 linked with central Da Nang city since the latest outbreak began there on July 25. As many as 854 patients have recovered while 35 have succumbed to the disease. Most of the fatalities were the elderly with serious underlying health conditions. Among those still under treatment, 14 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 19 others twice and 33 thrice. There are 37,474 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present, including 834 in hospitals, 13,365 in other quarantine sites and 23,274 at home or accommodation facilities./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam sees no new COVID-19 cases, total stands at 1,049

A student in Hanoi has tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in France, according to the Hanoi Department of Health. The 25-year-old woman from the outlying district of Thach That returned to Vietnam from South Korea where she participated in a training course on May 25. She was then quarantined in the central city of Danang’s Hoa Vang District. She tested negative for the virus two consecutive times. … [Read more...] about Hanoi student tested positive for Covid-19 in France