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A hospital in downtown Ho Chi Minh City has found five COVID-19 infections during its recent screening of outpatients. Five of the hospital's outpatients tested positive for the virus on Tuesday after they underwent COVID-19 screening on Monday at Saigon General Hospital, located in District 1 They were then transferred to Cu Chi Field Hospital in the city’s Cu Chi District for treatment, according to Dr. Nguyen Khac Vui, deputy director of the Saigon General Hospital. All these patients, aged 23 to 59, went to the hospital for examination after having typical COVID-19 symptoms such as a fever, a sore throat, dry cough, phlegm cough, and loss of taste on Monday. They were isolated from the very beginning in the hospital’s quarantine area for screening and had their samples taken for testing, said Dr. Vui. The five patients include three from District 1, one from District 7, and the other from Binh Thanh District. The hospital has temporarily suspended its outpatient … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City hospital detects five COVID-19 cases

On the way to the hospital after going into labor, a pregnant woman was run over by a concrete mixing transport truck in Vietnam, causing the fetus to be squeezed out of her womb seven years ago. The tiny unborn baby survived the crash and has grown into a healthy and happy one-legged boy. It happened on October 25, 2014 in Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province, located in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The husband was driving his wife on a motorbike. The wife died on site. The fetus came out with one leg lost, so did his father. Following a deep coma, a limb removal operation, the lack of his mother’s milk and warmth, the baby still beat all the odds. The tin soldier Despite his tragic birth, Nguyen Quoc Huy has braved the ordeal of having one leg and leads a happy life with his father. “My job is simply to see him smile each day,” said Nguyen Van Nam, his 39-year-old father, who lives in Cho Moi District, An Giang, which is considered a 'rice bowl' in the Mekong … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, child thrown out of mother’s womb in tragic accident grows happily

As the spread of the virus is likely to continue disrupting economic activity and negatively impact the country’s manufacturing and service industries, the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology has developed the NanoCovax vaccine to halt the spread of Covid-19. The results of the trial’s second phase showed that the Nancovax vaccine was better than expected; therefore, the National Council of Medical Research Ethics and the Ministry of Health has approved the third phase of the clinical trial on 13,000 volunteers. A trial showed that the NanoCovax coronavirus vaccine had an efficacy rate of 99,4 percent plus, its price is just VND120,000 (US$5.22) a dose. Nanogen said its current production capacity is 20 million doses to 12 million doses a month. Moreover, it has expanded its cold storage to contain 10 million doses of vaccine. Accordingly, it is expected to supply 50 million doses from now to December 2021 and 100 million doses of vaccine by 2022. Researchers are making … [Read more...] about Company proposes emergency licensing for NanoCovax vaccine

The jabs were given to about 880 volunteers in the northern region under the university’s coordination and more than 120 others in the south under the coordination of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City. The shots were administered on a 6:1 ratio, which meant six got the vaccine and one received placebo, according to Lt. Col. Chu Van Men, Director of the university’s Center for Clinical Trials and Bioequivalence. The volunteers will have blood samples taken to test the generation of immunity by July 30, and data about the vaccine safety and immunity generation are set to be available by mid-September. After the first 1,000 volunteers, the trials of Nano Covax will continue on another 12,000 on a 2:1 ratio, with two getting the vaccine and one the placebo. The third-phase trials, using only the 25mcg doses, cover 13,000 volunteers aged between 18 and 75 nationwide. Results of the first two stages show good immunity generation in all volunteers, Men noted. Nano Covax … [Read more...] about First 1,000 jabs in third-phase trials of Nano Covax administered

TCP Vietnam Investment JSC, which operates the parking lot at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Binh District, said the company installed the two elevators, each capable of carrying 24 people, on Monday. The municipal Department of Transport had requested the TCP to build these elevators earlier this year after Tan Son Nhat, currently the largest airport in Vietnam, upgraded its transport infrastructure. Last November, Tan Son Nhat only designated one car lane for drop-off purposes, while two others would be used for pick-ups, and the last by taxis. The changes mean all ride-hailing services have to access the third, fourth or fifth floors of the TCP parking lot to pick up customers. Ride-hailing drivers also have to pay the airport VND25,000 ($1.08) each time to scoop up clients, instead of the previous VND10,000. It also means passengers have to carry their luggage to those floors. As there are currently only two elevators, many have had to use the … [Read more...] about Tan Son Nhat airport installs extra parking lot elevators