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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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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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Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) launched a quarantine task force on November 12 in order to support and guide district health centres to effectively monitor and deploy plans aimed at containing the pandemic amid a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases. Moving forward, the task force will be primarily responsible for assisting the existing response teams and relevant units at district health centres as they implement plans to handle rising COVID-19 cases within the local community, at schools, along with those detected at industrial parks and exporting processing zones. Quarantine task force makes it debut in HCM City The team will therefore assess the pandemic situation, determine the scope of the outbreak, and devise concrete scenarios aimed at dealing with the pandemic in a timely manner. The establishment of the task force also serves as a bridge for the HCDC and other localities to co-ordinate smoothly in order to stamp out outbreaks as quickly as …

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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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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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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 also said that Vietnam has not yet detected any cases infected with the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Among the new cases, 7,100 were found in the community and eight were imported. Compared to the previous, the number of daily cases fell nationally by 120. The total number of cases nationwide is now 1,210,340. HCM City topped the list with 1,454 new infections, followed by Can Tho city with 966 and Binh Duong with 705. The capital city of Hanoi reported 277 new cases. A further 190 deaths were also recorded across the country, raising the total number of fatalities to 24,882. The Ministry of Health also reported that 1,712 more patients have now fully recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of people given the all-clear to 958,636. There are currently 6,096 patients in serious conditions in hospital, while nine are on life support (ECMO). Vietnam has so far administered more than 118.7 million doses of vaccines. More than 49 million citizens …

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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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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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After one month of Resolution 128, the number of Covid-19 related deaths and critical cases has dropped sharply, according to the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long at the meeting. Photo: VGP Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long reported at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, held on November 20, that in the first month of Resolution 128 on safe, flexible adaptation to and effective control of the Covid-19 pandemic (from October 11 to November 19), Vietnam recorded 105,543 infection cases. Compared to the previous month, the number of new cases increased by 2.9%, but the number of deaths fell by 46.3%; the number of patients treated in hospital dropped by 25.3%; and the number of severe and critical cases fell by 40.8%. However, the number of locally-infected cases is rising in many localities; many cases have no symptoms, and the source of infection is …

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