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Vietnam reports 92 new COVID-19 cases, with 30 detected in HCM City

73 out of 91 local infections were detected in isolation or lockdown areas.

Most cases in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh are associated with outbreaks in quarantined areas and industrial parks, while those in other localities are F1 contacts of previously confirmed patients.

Among 30 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, 29 are identified as F1 cases, and one is under epidemiological investigation.

One day earlier, Vietnam recorded a total of 293 domestic COVID-19 cases, including 95 in Ho Chi Minh City, with the majority of fresh cases detected in HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

The number of recoveries rose to 3,998 after a further 171 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital after making a full recovery from the virus on June 13, while the number of fatalities now stands at 59.

So far, more than 1,498,320 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, mainly frontline workers in the COVID-19 fight, including healthcare workers at local hospitals. Of these, more than 55,260 have received the prescribed two doses.

An additional 43,222 people were inoculated against COVID-19 on June 13 alone in 19 provinces and cities throughout the nation.

The country has recorded a total of 7,423 local cases in 39 cities and provinces in the latest COVID-19 wave beginning from April 27.

It is worth noting that 22 localities have gone at least 14 days without any new COVID-19 case.

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Vietnam reports 92 more Covid-19 cases

Vietnam reports 92 more Covid-19 cases

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A local man in Ha Tinh Province has his samples collected for Covid-19 testing. Vietnam’s Covid-19 tally reached 10,630 with 92 fresh cases reported this morning, June 14 – PHOTO: VNA

HCMC – Vietnam’s Covid-19 tally reached 10,630 with 92 fresh cases reported this morning, June 14. Of the new infections, there was one imported case who was quarantined upon arrival in the country, while 91 others were locally-transmitted, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

Among the fresh locally-infected cases, HCMC accounted for the most at 30 cases, followed by Bac Giang with 23 cases. Tien Giang had 14 cases, Ha Tinh recorded 10, while nine were reported in Bac Ninh and four in Binh Duong.

Especially, Bac Kan reported its first case in the latest coronavirus wave, raising the number of virus-hit localities in the country to 40 up to now.

Yesterday afternoon, a working team led by Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son had a Covid-19-related meeting with the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases, which has seen 52 cases among its staff in the past two days. Son said that the ministry would set up a taskforce to assist the city as well as the hospital with the Covid-19 fight.

To soon bring the outbreak at the hospital under control, Deputy Minister Son suggested the hospital increase its frequency of collecting samples of employees for Covid-19 testing to at least 3-5 times per day. The hospital, the HCMC Pasteur Institute, the HCMC Center for Disease Control were told to jointly deploy multiple measures to serve the test-and-trace works.

The hospital has to ensure the safety of patients and medical workers to continue offering treatment and care to patients, Son stressed.

Also, he requested the whole hospital be put under lockdown for a week.

Speaking at the meeting, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of the hospital, suggested the hospital temporarily stop receiving new Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms in the next week while it still handles coronavirus patients who are in severe condition and need ECMO support.

Covid-19 testing activities at the hospital would remain as normal, Chau added.

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Viêt Nam reports 194 new COVID-19 cases, one more death

Health screening carried out for volunteers in the third phase of human trials of the homegrown Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine at the Vietnam Military Medical University. VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — There were 194 new COVID-19 cases detected in Việt Nam from Saturday evening to noon on Sunday, bringing the total number of positive patients to 10,435.

Four of the cases announced at noon on Sunday were imported and the rest local transmissions.

As many as 3,827 patients have been given the all-clear so far, while the death toll rose to 59.

A 76- year-old man living in Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province, was reported to have died of COVID-related complications. The patient died early morning on Sunday at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. He is the 59th person to die with COVID-19 in Việt Nam.

On May 8, the man was transferred to Thuận Thành District’s health centre suffering from pneumonia. He was moved into isolation at Gia Bình field hospital.

On May 21, he was transferred to Bắc Ninh Provincial General Hospital and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on May 23. The patient was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on June 3 with a diagnosis of septic shock, multi-organ failure, severe ARDS pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, polyarthritis, and gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal ulcer.

Twenty provinces affected by the pandemic have now gone 14 days without any new infections. — VNS

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Coronavirus spreads to every district of Ho Chi Minh City

The novel coronavirus has spread to all districts of Ho Chi Minh City, which is considering an extension of social distancing measures after two weeks of implementation.

Thu Duc, a district-level city, and the other 21 districts have all detected COVID-19 infections as of Monday, with Can Gio District on Sunday logging the first-ever case in the ongoing fourth wave that has raged in Vietnam since late April.

The Ministry of Health confirmed 30 new cases in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday morning, including three in District 5, seven in Go Vap District, 15 in Hoc Mon District, one in Cu Chi District, and four in Binh Tan District.

The ministry announced the city’s biggest-ever daily increase of 95 local cases on Sunday, when 53 fully vaccinated employees at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, a major COVID-19 treatment center in southern Vietnam, were diagnosed with the respiratory disease.

Health authorities have basically broken the city’s largest infection chain linked to Revival Ekklesia Mission, a Christian congregation based in Go Vap, with about 450 patients traced to it, said Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the municipal Department of Health.

But other chains have emerged because the virus may have silently spread in the community, Binh added.

The health department recommended on Monday that the city extend the enhanced social distancing measures having put in place since May 31 by two weeks to stall community transmission.

City authorities are set to make the final decision later the same day.

Vietnam has registered 7,424 domestic cases in 39 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth wave erupted on April 27, according to the health ministry’s data.

By comparison, Vietnam confirmed 106 community cases in the first wave from January 23 to April 16, 2020, 554 in the second from July 25 to December 1, 2020, and 910 in the third from January 28 to March 25, 2021.

Bac Giang Province in the north is leading the fourth round’s tally with 4,068 patients, followed by northern Bac Ninh Province with 1,352, Ho Chi Minh City with 819, and Hanoi with 459.

The Southeast Asian nation has reported 10,630 cumulative infections as of Monday morning, including 3,998 recoveries and 59 deaths.

It administered 43,222 AstraZeneca vaccine shots to medical staff and other frontline workers on Sunday, taking the total to 1,498,323 doses since inoculation was rolled out on March 8.

A total of 55,265 have been given two shots of the vaccine.

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Another HCM City hospital records SARS-CoV-2 virus infection

Two staff of the microbiology division have been infected with the virus, and one of them is the wife of an IT staff of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases who had been confirmed as a COVID-19 case.

Hearing that her husband tested positive on June 12, the wife immediately made health declaration and underwent a COVID-19 test,with the result coming back positive.

The hospital moved to test all staff of the microbiology division and another positive test was recorded.

Earlier, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases documented the first COVID-19 case on June 12 and it has confirmed 53 cases during the past 24 hours.

The hospital has been locked down for contact tracing, quarantine and chemical disinfection.

HCM City, Vietnam’s third largest coronavirus hotspot, has logged nearly 800 positive cases since the virus resurged in late April.

The latest outbreak has been brought under control, according to the local administration. Several cases have however been detected in the community and the source of infection remains unknown.

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Hanoi closes street food stalls, coffee shops for Covid-19 prevention

Hanoi authorities have decided to temporarily shut all local street food and refreshment stalls and coffee shops from 0:00 on February 16.

The move followed the infections related to a Japanese man who tested positive for Covid-19 after he had died at a local hotel.

The city has also closed all local historical relics from 0:00 on February 16, said Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee and head of the municipal Steering Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control Chu Xuan Dung.



The 54-year-old Japanese patient, an expert of Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd, entered Vietnam on January 17 via Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. After two tests which showed negative results, on February 1, he flew to Hanoi and stayed at the Somerset Westpoint Hotel.

Around 7pm on February 13, he was found dead in his hotel room. His sample tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on February 14. The cause of his death is under investigation.

Two people who had come into close contact with him have also tested positive for the virus. One is a Japanese 43-year-old man and the other is a woman in Hanoi.

Dung cited the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control as saying that the city is facing the high risk of Covid-19 infection related to the 54-year-old Japanese patient.

Concerned agencies in Hanoi are working urgently and drastically to screen F1 and F2 cases of him, he said.

Nguyen Khac Hien, director of the Hanoi Department of Health, said many people still do not wear a face mask in public places. Meanwhile, people gather in crowds. He urged for stricter punishment for those violating guidance.