According to the Ministry of Health, the country has recorded cases of infection with sub-variants BA.4, BA.5, and BA.2.74 of Omicron in the community; particularly the sub-variant BA.5 is gradually predominating among infection cases daily.
The number of Covid-19 infection cases has continuously increased again in recent days, leading to increased demand for Covid-19 rapid test kits in Ho Chi Minh City. Surging demand for Covid-19 test kits has exacerbated a nationwide shortage of the item in recent weeks and is driving up costs.
Vietnam has added nearly 70,000 Covid-19 infection cases as more cases are continuously increasing in Hanoi and many northern provinces these days. Following the uncontrollable sales of test kits and medical devices, the Ministry of Health asked to issue tough penalties on speculators.
As many Covid-19 infection cases spread across citywide, teachers and parents have been thrown into chaos as some school districts revert to remote learning and face-to-face learning, leading to rising tensions as parents are also listless because they follow their children's school schedule. That is the situation that is happening in schools in Ho Chi Minh City after the time when students return to study directly.
As Covid-19 cases increased, the Vietnamese Prime Minister requested to strictly and effectively implement a vaccination campaign in accordance with the direction of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention and control, completing vaccination roll-out for all ages according to the guidance of the Ministry of Health.
On February 8, 9, and 10, the number of new Covid-19 infection cases tended to increase with 242 cases, whereas severe cases, patients on ventilators, and deaths reduced as they received good medical treatment.
After three weeks of students of all grades going to schools for face-to-face learning at the same time, many schools in Ho Chi Minh City have faced staffing shortages because of the constantly increasing number of Covid-19 cases. A surge in infected students with Covid-19 forced the school to organize both face-to-face and online teaching making teachers more difficult.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health yesterday said that the city is closely monitoring arrivals from foreign countries in isolation at home to prevent infection of the Omicron variant.
The Ministry of Health has encouraged people to use the rapid test to detect Covid-19 and at-home rapid test kits are in high demand. However, many types of rapid test kits are available on the market without clear indication of origin. Consumers scrambling to buy tests online may get duped into buying a fake or unauthorized test kit leading to wrong testing results.
Although the numbers of new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths have all decreased, people must continue to perform well 5K, especially vaccination rollout must be accelerated to keep the city’s achievements, especially when the Lunar New Year is approaching, said Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Economic Recovery Pham Duc Hai.
Vietnam recorded an additional 52 new domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on May 30, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The Ministry of Health yesterday issued its guidelines on the administration of the three-shot Abdala coronavirus vaccine which was approved for emergency use.
More and more districts in Ho Chi Minh City were successful in putting the coronavirus pandemic under control. Specifically, many districts including Binh Tan, Binh Chanh and Thu Duc City have been asked to declare successful control of the Covid-19 epidemic according to the regulations of the Ministry of Health.
At a press conference on September 27, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Huynh Quang Tuyen of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department said that the city police had prosecuted those involving the manufacture of counterfeit goods and sales of fake Covid-19 medicines as well as carried out an investigation of embezzlement and sales of an oral antiviral drug for Covid-19 treatment.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Deputy Head of the National Steering Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control, on September 27 worked with the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on the draft Directive on adjusting measures to adapt to Covid-19, safely and flexibly control the pandemic and restore economic and social activities in the city after September 30.
Ho Chi Minh City still has enough covid-19 vaccine; therefore, it is willing to distribute to neighboring provinces for vaccination roll-out, said Nguyen Hong Tam, deputy director of the city's Center for Disease Control (HCDC) at a periodical press brief yesterday organized by the city Steering Board for Prevention and Control of Covid-19.
Following complaints about disruption of Covid-19 vaccination in Thu Duc City, Chief of the Office of the Health Department in Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai confirmed that medical workers temporarily delayed vaccination at fixed venues as they have been focusing on testing.
Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Nguyen Phuong said that in the past few months, testing for delivery workers has bumped into various difficulties because of the sudden increase in deliverymen. Therefore, Ho Chi Minh City will assign shippers to carry out tests themselves from September 24 and apply information technology in management.
Ho Chi Minh City authorities have launched epidemiological investigation and created special zones to handle Covid-19 infection cases after the city recorded additional three Covid-19 positive cases yesterday, said the HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC).
Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control in Ho Chi Minh City, said the city recorded 160 Covid-19 related deaths yesterday. The number was lower than the daily death toll in early August when it hit 340.
