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Singapore's primary schools will shift to home-based learning for 10 days ahead of a key national examination, the education ministry said on Saturday, as the country reported 935 new COVID-19 cases the previous day, the highest since April last year. Primary 1 to 5 students will move to home-based learning from Sept. 27 to Oct. 6. Primary 6 students will go on a study break for a few days from Sept. 25 before sitting for the national examination to minimise risk of school-based transmissions and reduce the number of students placed in quarantine. "With the PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examination) written paper examinations approaching, we will undertake further measures to protect students who are not yet medically eligible for vaccination and give parents and students greater peace of mind," said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing. A recent rise in cases after the relaxation of some COVID-19 measures has prompted Singapore to pause on further reopening. More than 80% of its …

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A woman gets vaccinated at a vaccination site in District 1, HCMC (Photo: SGGP) Ho Chi Minh City, which is the country’s current largest pandemic hotspot, reported the highest number of infections with 5,496 cases. It was followed by neighbouring Binh Duong province (2,332), Dong Nai (953) and An Giang (287). The remainders were detected in Long An (249), Kien Giang (151), Tien Giang (102), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (84), Tay Ninh (53), Can Tho (52), Khanh Hoa (37), Binh Dinh (30), Quang Ngai (24), Hanoi (20), Ca Mau (18), Quang Binh (15), Binh Phuoc (15), Ninh Thuan (15), Phu Yen (13), Quang Nam (13), Hau Giang (11), Dak Nong (11), Tra Vinh (8 ), Binh Thuan (7), Dong Thap (6), Ben Tre (6), Quang Tri (5), Bac Lieu (3), Da Nang (2), Vinh Long (2), Thanh Hoa (2), Ha Tinh (1), Hung Yen (1), and Bac Ninh (1). The new patients brought the total of Covid-19 cases in Vietnam to 687,063, ranking 47th out of 222 countries and territories worldwide in terms of infections per one million people. …

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Australia's Victoria state on Monday reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases this year, while some curbs were eased in Sydney despite persistent infections. Hard lockdowns in Victoria will end once 70% of its adult population gets fully vaccinated, expected around Oct. 26, and authorities aim to hit 80% before the Nov. 2 Melbourne Cup, Australia's most famous horse race. A total of 567 new locally acquired infections were detected in Victoria, the majority in state capital Melbourne, up from 507 on Sunday, and one new death was recorded. Daily cases have topped 500 for the past five days. Nearly half of Australia's 25 million people is in lockdown after the Delta variant spread rapidly in Sydney and Melbourne, forcing Victoria and New South Wales to abandon a COVID-zero target and shift to rapid vaccinations to ease curbs. Australia has largely lived in COVID-zero for much of the pandemic, recording 1,163 deaths and some 86,000 cases. About 55,000 cases have been …

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Speaking at an online meeting Monday with businesses executives from industrial hubs, he said only the section in which they work should be shut down until everyone who had been in direct contact with the infected people is isolated. Workers are tested every week to ensure control over the disease since industrial parks with 20,000 workers could be dangerous Covid clusters, he said. Several companies like precision manufacturer Nidec and clothing brand Nike had said that as production gradually resumes in the country factories should not be closed completely if Covid-19 cases are found. Others like Samsung, conglomerate Hyosung Vina and garment maker Far Eastern Apparel Vietnam called for vaccinating key manufacturing workers and allowing fully vaccinated workers to commute to work every day by company vehicles. Thanh ordered government agencies to distribute more vaccines to industrial hubs and ensure key roads are open. Local authorities should help businesses resume under …

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No new COVID-19 cases recorded over last 12 hours (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – No new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Vietnam within 12 hours as of 6pm of September 14, keeping the tally in the country at 1,063, 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 926 patients have recovered while 35 died from complications related to the disease. Most of the fatalities were the elderly with serious underlying health conditions Among those still under treatment, 13 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 13 others twice and 19 thrice. There are 33,605 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present. The Health Ministry has called on residents to wear masks in public places, …

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Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang, which is preparing to welcome tourists again, has detected 11 Covid-19 cases. On September 19, a 45-year-old woman and her husband in An Thoi Ward tested positive for Covid-19. After that, nine other porters who came into contact with her husband also tested positive for the virus. A residential area in Phu Quoc being locked down for Covid-19 prevention The area where the patients are living has been locked down. The Covid-19 testing is being conducted in An Thoi Ward. Local authorities have defined 44 people who came into contact with the patients. They have been all quarantined. By September 20, Phu Quoc was among 10 districts and cities of Kien Giang to be allowed for loosening social distancing measures in line with the government’s Directive 19. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh agreed with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's proposal on a pilot plan to welcome international tourists with …

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Phu Quoc City in the southern province of Kien Giang has set up mobile medical stations due to the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases. As of this morning, September 23, Phu Quoc recorded more than 60 Covid-19 cases which are all linked to the infection at Vinh Dam Port in Duong To Commune. A Covid-19 checkpoint in Phu Quoc Huynh Quang Hung, chairman of Phu Quoc City’s People’s Committee, said that large-scale Covid-19 testing was being carried out in the locality, including Duong Dong Market, to find Covid-19 cases. Local authorities have decided to establish mobile medical stations to help Covid-19 cases as well as other patients. The stations also support the Covid-19 testing on Phu Quoc Island. Hung added that to date, around 35 percent of residents in Phu Quoc have been given their first Covid-19 vaccine jab. The city needs around 250,000-300,000 doses for the second shot. Next week, the city will provide the second jab of Covid-19 vaccine for all local …

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Three localities with the highest numbers of cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 7,539 cases, Binh Duong with 3,563 cases and Dong Nai with 823 cases. On Friday, 254 deaths were announced, including 195 in HCMC, bringing the death toll since the pandemic started to 14,745. Also on Friday, 12,751 Covid-19 patients were announced recovered, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 350,921. The average number of new cases in the country for the past seven days has been12,523 a day. The national death rate over the past week has been 302 a day on average. Over 25.9 million people have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot. Nearly 4.5 million people have been fully vaccinated. …

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Of the day's tally, 5,926 cases were detected in the community with unclear sources of transmission while the rest had been contained in quarantine and lockdown areas. The three localities with the highest numbers of cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 5,446 cases, Binh Duong with 3,651 cases and Dong Nai with 768 cases. The new cases brings the Covid-19 tally since the beginning of last year to 620,166. 381 deaths were announced Monday, raising the death toll to 15,660, or 2.5 percent of infections. The health ministry also confirmed 11,200 discharges the same day, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 385,778. The average number of new cases in the country for the past seven days has been 12,446 a day while the national death rate over the past week has been 279 a day on average. Over 29.28 million people have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot, in which 5.32 million people have been fully vaccinated. …

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New local COVID-19 infections more than doubled in China's southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, in the country's latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The National Health Commission said 59 new locally transmitted cases were reported for Sept. 13, up from 22 infections a day earlier. All of them were in Fujian. In just four days, a total of 102 community infections have been reported in Fujian, a province bordered by Zhejiang to the north and Guangdong to the south. China's last outbreak, which affected mainly Jiangsu, ended about two weeks ago, with no new local cases reported in the eastern province. That outbreak lasted a month. Fujian's outbreak began in Putian, a city of 3.2 million, with the first case reported on Sept. 10. Preliminary tests on samples from some Putian cases showed patients had contracted the highly transmissible Delta variant. The virus has since spread to the scenic coastal city of Xiamen, which reported 32 new …

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