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The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 1,454 cases, Can Tho with 966 cases and Binh Duong with 705 cases. Of the day's tally, 7,100 cases were detected in the community. Health authorities also confirmed 1,712 recoveries on Sunday, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 958,636. The Covid-19 death toll in Vietnam rose to 24,882 with the confirmation of another 190 deaths. The average daily number of new cases in the country for the past seven days has been 12,102, while the death rate has been 160 a day on average. Over 69.7 million people have been vaccinated, with more than 49 million having received two doses. …

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According to the plan being prepared by the HCMC Department of Education and Training, students in grades 9 and 12 in areas with safe and low Covid risks will resume on-site learning starting December 10. The move has been approved in principle by the city administration, but detailed guidelines have not been announced yet. Two years since the pandemic disrupted education, schools have regularized prevention measures, including screening body temperatures and ensuring social distancing in class. The new problem when they reopen is how to deal with the appearance of new infections. Huynh Thanh Phu, principal of the Nguyen Du High School in District 10, said that, unlike before, it was not possible to blockade the whole school or close it immediately since it will cause further learning losses. The current approach is to calmly identify cases and conduct contact tracing for proper follow up actions. "When a new Covid patient is detected, only those who have been in close …

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Many enterprises in the southern province of Dong Nai have been fined for permitting their labourers who tested positive for Covid-19 to return home without local authority approval. According to the provincial Department of Health, by November 25, the province had recorded 85,000 Covid-19 cases. Over the past week, the number of Covid-19 patients in the province has been on the rise. Worker at Amata Industrial Park in Dong Nai Most new local Covid-19 outbreaks are related to infections at companies and people who return from Covid-19-infected areas. Many companies in Dong Nai, including five firms at Amata Industrial Park, have been fined for letting their Covid-19-infected workers go home without permission. This is among the causes leading to the spread of the virus in the community. The province has set up medical groups to co-operate with enterprises in cases of Covid-19 infections. The groups are also responsible for supervising the implementation of …

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An additional 12,936 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Sunday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,210,340, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 12,928 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 57 out of 63 localities in the country including HCM City (1,454), Can Tho (966), Binh Duong (705), Tay Ninh (692), Binh Thuan (598), Dong Thap (592), Binh Phuoc (591), Dong Nai (553), Vinh Long (545), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (531), Ben Tre (522), Bac Lieu (512), Soc Trang (491), Kien Giang (439), Ca Mau (387), Hau Giang (294), Hanoi (277), Khanh Hoa (258), and An Giang (215). There were eight imported patients confirmed today. The new infections showed a decrease of 120 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 7,100 infections found in the community. As of Sunday evening, 1,205,128 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have …

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An increasing number of residents in Hanoi have appear to have let their guard down amid surging COVID-19 cases, prompting authorities to take stronger action to ensure the compliance with pandemic prevention measures. Prior to November, the capital recorded less than 100 infections a day. Cases began to rise from early November and the city logged a daily jump of 289 cases on November 15. From November 17 to 27, Hanoi documented between 217 and 286 cases each day. According to the observation of Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters on Saturday, many residents and businesses in the Vietnamese capital seemed to be neglectful of prevention measures. Inside a café in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Tuan / Tuoi Tre Multiple cafés operated at 100 percent of capacity and did not require customers to file health declarations upon their arrival in accordance with regulations. At crowded venues, a safe distance between each person was not likely to be maintained. Some …

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A man has sample taken for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health announced 13,109 new cases of COVID-19 in Vietnam on November 26, bringing the national tally since the start of the pandemic to 1,181,337. Another 137 casualties were also reported, raising the country’s death toll to 24,544. Of the new cases, 7,288 were found in the community and 15 were imported. Ho Chi Minh City tops the daily case list again with 1,809 new cases, followed by Can Tho city (897) and Binh Duong (707). The capital city of Hanoi recorded 253 new cases. The other infections were found in Tay Ninh (655), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (653), Dong Thap (601), Bac Lieu (566), Dong Nai (556), Vinh Long (536), Ben Tre (501), Binh Thuan (496), Soc Trang (493), Kien Giang (418), An Giang (387), Ca Mau (374), Tra Vinh (309), Binh Phuoc (271), Hau Giang (238), Khanh Hoa (216), Dak Lak (181), Bac Ninh (153), Ha Giang (143), Binh Dinh (132), Tien Giang (123), Nghe An (117), Thua Thien …

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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged 13,063 new COVID-19 cases, including 15 imported, in the past 24 hours to 4pm on November 27, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced. Ho Chi Minh City continued to record the highest number of infections with 1,773 cases. It was followed by Can Tho city (954), Binh Duong (716) and Ba Ria-Vung Tau (697). The capital city of Hanoi reported 310 COVID-19 cases on the day. The new infections brought the country’s total caseload to 1,197,404. The MoH said an additional 148 casualties were reported on November 27, lifting the death toll since the beginning of the pandemic to 24,692. A further 1,668 patients were declared to be free from coronavirus, raising the total number of recoveries to 956,924. By November 26, Vietnam had administered 117,691,092 vaccine doses . As many as 48,381,597 people have fully got two shots./. VNA …

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The Ministry of Health announced 12,936 new cases of COVID-19 in Việt Nam on Sunday. Among the new cases, 7,100 were found in the community and eight were imported.The other infections were found in Tây Ninh (692), Bình Thuận (598), Đồng Tháp (592), Bình Phước (591), Đồng Nai (553), Vĩnh Long (545), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (531), Bến Tre (522), Bạc Liêu (512), Sóc Trăng (491), Kiên Giang (439), Cà Mau (387), Hậu Giang (294), Khánh Hòa (258), An Giang (215), Bình Định (193), Bắc Ninh (185), Tiền Giang (155), Thừa Thiên Huế (136), Lâm Đồng (133), Hải Phòng (128), Long An (101), Gia Lai (88), Hà Giang (85), Đắk Lắk (75), Đắk Nông (72), Thanh Hóa (71), Nghệ An (70), Đà Nẵng (66), Hà Tĩnh (65), Quảng Nam (64), Vĩnh Phúc (58), Thái Nguyên (58), Ninh Thuận (57), Hòa Bình (49), Hải Dương (41), Phú Thọ (40), Nam Định (40), Thái Bình (34), Quảng Ngãi (31), Quảng Ninh (28), Tuyên Quang (27), Hưng Yên (27), Quảng Trị (26), Phú Yên (23), Quảng Bình (21), Yên Bái (17), Hà Nam (16), Bắc Giang (11), Điện …

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The Ministry of Health confirmed 12,936 additional COVID-19 infections in Vietnam on Sunday, along with 1,712 recoveries and 190 fatalities. The latest cases, including eight imported and 12,928 domestic transmissions, were documented in 57 provinces and cities, the ministry said, noting that 7,100 patients got infected in the community. Ho Chi Minh City logged 1,454 of the latest infections, Can Tho City 966, Binh Duong Province 705, Binh Thuan Province 598, Dong Nai Province 553, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 531, Hanoi 277, Khanh Hoa Province 258, Bac Ninh Province 185, Thua Thien-Hue Province 136, Lam Dong Province 133, Hai Phong City 128, Da Nang 66, Quang Nam Province 64, and Quang Ninh Province 28. Vietnam had detected 16,052 locally-acquired infections on Saturday. The country has recorded 1,205,128 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave erupted on April 27. A total of 955,819 of them have recovered from COVID-19. Ho Chi …

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The ministry proposed that all air travel to and from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Lesotho and Mozambique be halted, and entry permits for passengers coming from these countries be suspended. It announced the same day that Vietnam has not recorded any case of the Omicron variant so far. Vietnam will step up surveillance to detect any sign of new variants early, it added. The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi and the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City are conducting gene sequencing of suspected new mutant infections, especially cases with an epidemiological history from countries in southern Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Nov. 25 announced that it has recorded a new strain called Omicron (B.1.1.529) detected in a number of southern African countries. According to scientists, the Omicron variant was first discovered in Botswana on Nov. 24, with up to 32 mutations in the spike protein. This is the most mutated …

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