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6,000 medical workers from all over Việt Nam volunteer to help deal with HCM City's outbreak 5 priority groups allowed to go out in HCM City after 6pm Deputy PM visits HCM City’s 175 Military Hospital Six isolation areas to be established in Hóc Môn District Việt Nam concerned about unequal COVID-19 vaccination among nations An elderly woman in HCM City's District 3 receives her Moderna vaccine shot on Tuesday. The city is carrying out its fifth mass vaccination campaign with nearly 1 million doses since July 22 and is supposed to wrap up in 2-3 weeks. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HÀ NỘI — There were 7,911 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday, the second highest daily increase since the pandemic first struck last year. The majority of the new infections are in HCM City, which still remains the coronavirus epicentre of Việt Nam. The southern economic hub, which is under enhanced social distancing order and two days into an order …

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HCMC Covid-19 case number still goes up steeply as evening data released The Saigon Times A medical worker is seen speaking to a resident in a quarantined area in Hanoi. Vietnam reported 5,149 new Covid-19 cases this evening, July 27, with all of them being domestic infections in 29 provinces and cities – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Infections in HCMC continued to go up steeply to surpass the spike yesterday, as the Ministry of Health released new data this evening, July 27. The city recorded 4,469 cases out of the total 5,149 additional cases nationwide, sending the caseload in the country's biggest hotspot to 6,318 for the day. All of the new cases this evening were domestic infections in 29 provinces and cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed. The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap reported 154 cases, followed by Dong Nai with 120 cases, Long An with 75 cases, and Binh Duong with 79 cases. The remaining cases were recorded in 24 other localities nationwide. With the …

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The 5,149  new local cases announced this evening were detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (4,469), Đồng Nai (120), Long An (75), Bình Dương (79), Đồng Tháp (154), Cần Thơ (54), Bình Thuận (45), Đà Nẵng (26), Phú Yên (23), Sóc Trăng (22), Hà Nội (19), Ninh Thuận (13), Vĩnh Phúc (11), Gia Lai (5), Đắk Nông (5), Bình Định (4), Huế (4), Quảng Nam (3), Hậu Giang (3), Quảng Ngãi (3), Kon Tum (2), Lạng Sơn (2), Kiên Giang (2), Thái Nguyên (1), Bạc Liêu (1), Thanh Hóa (1), Lâm Đồng (1), Hà Tĩnh (1), and Đắk Lắk (1); 525 of these were found in communities. …

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The infected workers are among almost 300 who had chosen to stay back at the factory of the Long Viet Wooden Technology JSC in the southern province’s Di An Town. The company had begun accommodating workers on the premises itself on July 10 instead of letting them go back and forth between their residences and the workplace to minimize risks of contracting the virus. To ensure social distancing among the workers, it decided to reduce production capacity by 40 percent over the normal and laid off around 500 employees so that it could continue operation. All the workers had tested negative for the virus before beginning their factory stay. "For now, it’s not clear how the Covid-19 prevention protocol at the factory was breached," said Bui Thanh Nhan, Party chief of Di An Town. Local authorities have asked the company to submit a detailed report on the matter, he said. The company had written to the provincial administration, seeking help after too many infections were found …

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A man gets a shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Selangor state of Malaysia on July 21 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Malaysia's daily COVID-19 cases rose to 16,117 on July 27, the second highest daily figure, but the pandemic in the country will yet to peak until mid-September, an official said. Malaysia is predicted to peak in mid-September with 24,000 cases a day. COVID-19 vaccine is at 75 percent if 100,000 second doses are administered a day. The effectiveness can reach 80 percent by October if 150,000 second doses are injected, he explained. Philippine Department of Health announced 7,186 new cases - the highest since June 13, raising the national tally to 1,562,420, including 27,318 deaths. COVID-19 vaccine doses left in Indonesia, and they were expected to be used up in one month. VNA …

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As many as 1,955 COVID-19 patients were allowed to go home on Monday after successfully completing their treatment at local hospitals, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC). The newly-discharged patients raised the number of recoveries in the city since the disease first emerged in Vietnam in early 2020 to 16,659, a representative of the HCDC said on Tuesday morning. The Ministry of Health documented 2,764 domestic COVID-19 cases, including 1,849 in Ho Chi Minh City, on Tuesday morning. The new infections took the city’s caseload to 68,271, with 304 imported cases, in the fourth virus wave, which erupted in the country on April 27. Medical forces are treating 37,714 patients, including 696 critical ones using ventilators and 13 others being supported by the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), in the metropolis. Fatalities caused by COVID-19 in the city mounted to 698, according to the HCDC's statistics. The municipal authorities are …

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Tech-based transport service firms like Grab, Be, and Gojek have shortened their daily operation time in Ho Chi Minh City in accordance with a ban on outdoor travels from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am the next day. These firms on Monday said they would halt daily delivery services from 5:00 pm to 6:00 am the next day until further notice, meaning they will close their services one hour before the starting time of the travel restriction imposed by local authorities, starting Monday, as a measure to curb surging COVID-19 cases. They will only deliver orders and provide on-demand shopping services from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm every day in Ho Chi Minh City. A Gojek representative said that the firm’s staff will ship only essential foods or goods worth less than VND2 million (US$87) and will be entitled to check any package before delivery and to refuse any item that does not meet its rules. Grab said it will re-launch its GrabAssistant, now called GrabExpress, to serve clients who desire online …

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A doctor examines asymptomatic COVID-19 patients with underlying medical conditions (Source: VNA). HCM City (VNA) – The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam’s biggest pandemic hotspot , on July 27 decided to establish another four COVID-19 treatment hospitals , which together accommodate 10,400 beds. One of them is converted from the Hoc Mon regional general hospital with 700 beds and 610 medical staff. The second, namely the Nguyen Tri Phuong COVID-19 treatment hospital, is located in District 5, having 250 medical staff and offering 200 beds. The third, called the temporary COVID-19 hospital No.11, is located in Thu Duc City, with 950 staff and 5,500 beds. Meanwhile, the temporary COVID-19 hospital No.12, also in Thu Duc City, has 4,000 beds served by 700 staff members. To date, the city has 37 hospitals for treating COVID-19 patients, with their total number of beds amounting to about 55,000. According to the city’s Centre for Disease Control …

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Vietnam records 7,913 more Covid-19 infections on Tuesday including 6,318 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 114,260, the Ministry of Health has reported. According to the ministry's report, 7,911 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 6,318 in Ho Chi Minh City, 303 in Dong Thap, 239 in Dong Nai, 166 in Binh Duong, 144 in Tay Ninh, 75 in Long An, 73 in Vinh Long, 71 in Can Tho, 63 in Tien Giang, 60 in Ben Tre, 60 in Phu Yen, 52 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, 45 in Binh Thuan, 43 in An Giang, 26 in Khanh Hoa, 26 in Danang, 23 in Hanoi, 22 in Soc Trang, 13 in Kien Giang, 13 in Ninh Thuan, 12 in Dak Lak, 11 in Vinh Phuc, 10 in Hau Giang, eight in Binh Dinh, six in Hue, five in Gia Lai, five in Dak Nong, three in Tra Vinh, three in Quang Nam, three in Quang Ngai, two in Kon Tum, two in Lang Son, and one each in Ca …

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The COVID-19 Resuscitation Hospital in Thu Duc City of Ho Chi Minh City has recently discharged 17 patients following their recoveries from severe conditions. On Monday, the patients were sent home after a discharge ceremony held by the infirmary and the Ministry of Health. The patients are between 30 and 68 years old, including one British citizen, one married couple, and one pregnant woman. Staffers of the COVID-19 Resuscitation Hospital in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City inform a patient’s family about the discharge through online messaging, July 26, 2021. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre A recovered COVID-19 patient says goodbye to a nurse before leaving the COVID-19 Resuscitation Hospital in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, July 26, 2021. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre Nguyen Thi Tieng, a recovered COVID-19 patient, packs her bag before leaving the COVID-19 Resuscitation Hospital in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, July 26, 2021. Photo: …

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