Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said that children and women nationwide would get supplementary vaccine shots later if they skipped the recommended childhood immunization schedule due to vaccine shortage.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha welcomed Dutch firms and partners to join in the pilot scheme for rooftop solar installation in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on May 31 for Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Kees van Baar.
The 15th National Assembly will spend a whole day on May 29 to examine the mobilization, management and use of resources for Covid-19 prevention and control.
On May 23, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health organized a seminar to review the expanded vaccination campaign in 2022 and the plan for 2023 in the Southern region.
Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on May 23 hosted a reception for Ms. Margaret Beazley, Governor of the Australian state of New South Wales.
People will continue benefiting from free Covid-19 vaccinations in 2023, and funding will come from the state budget, the Covid-19 Vaccine Fund, with sponsorship from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals, along with other legal sources.
Shortages of many vaccines in the recommended childhood immunization schedule under the Expanded Program on Immunization are occurring in Ho Chi Minh City.
The rate of people dying from Covid-19 in Vietnam is at 0.37 percent, still higher than the rate from other infectious diseases which is at 0.09 percent, said a senior health official.
In its guidance, the Ministry of Health urged localities to conduct routine immunization in the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) as the Covid-19 pandemic has lead to major backsliding on childhood vaccinations.
The DAV has recently issued a directive to local health departments, hospitals, drug manufacturers, and importers to ensure a steady supply of medicines for disease prevention and treatment in order to meet the needs of the people.
On April 26, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Politburo Member and Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee, met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Vietnam, Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko, during his visit to HCMC.
The Pasteur Institute of HCMC had identified new Omicron sub-variants from samples of community epidemiological surveillance conducted by the HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC), including XBB.1.5, XBB.1.9.1, XBB.1.16, and XBB.1.16.1.
Amidst the rapidly increasing number of new cases of Covid-19, the Health Ministry has urged continued efforts to accelerate vaccination against Covid-19.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested the US assist Vietnam in promoting the rapid, sustainable and modern development of agriculture that matches Vietnam’s conditions.
Yesterday evening, the Ministry of Health said that the country recorded 1,522 new cases of Covid-19, this is the highest number of cases recorded in a day in more than 6 months.
On the afternoon of April 17, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health said that during the day, the country recorded an additional 1,031 cases of Covid-19 which is the highest number of Covid-19 cases per day recorded since mid-October 2022.
