A teenage boy in the central province of Quang Nam on Thursday accidentally received two Pfizer vaccine shots 10 minutes apart. The 11th grader of Tran Cao Van High School in Tam Ky Town received one Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shot at a table, then moved to another and got jabbed …
Read More »Vietnamese man among 27 migrants drowned in Channel
All 27 migrants who drowned when their boat sank in the Channel last month while trying to reach Britain have now been identified, the Paris prosecutors office announced on Thursday. The final identification made was of a 29-year-old Vietnamese man, the Paris authorities said. Most of the victims of the …
Read More »HCMC schools stay open despite 8 Covid-19 infections
Six students and two teachers have contracted Covid-19 within four days of ninth and 12th graders in HCMC returning to school, but no closure has been considered yet. “Contracting infections in classes was what HCMC anticipated and planned for, and all the cases have been handled safely,” Pham Duc Hai, …
Read More »PM proposes penalizing Covid vaccination refusal
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for punishing people who refuse to be vaccinated without valid reasons. At a meeting with the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, he said authorities should convince people to get immunized, and consider banning people from leaving their home or making …
Read More »Vietnam’s Covid-19 vaccination rate third fastest in the world
Vietnam has administered 1-1.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses a day, with the country’s injection rate ranking third after China and India in November. By the end of Thursday, 63 cities and provinces had administered over 135 million doses, or 88 percent of the total the Ministry of Health had allocated, …
Read More »At least 27 people feared dead in blaze at clinic in Japan
At least 27 people were feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, media said police were investigating suspected arson. Some 27 people were in cardiopulmonary arrest, an official at Osaka’s city fire department told Reuters, the term used in …
Read More »Vietnamese majority unprepared for independent seniority: survey
Only 28.4 percent of respondents plan to live independently in old age, according to a national study on “Preparedness for Independent Seniority” by the Institute of Social and Medical Studies. The Institute of Labor Science and Social Affairs (ILSSA) and Prudential Vietnam on Dec. 14 held a technical workshop to …
Read More »HCMC schools not to close despite 8 Covid-19 infections
Six students and two teachers have contracted Covid-19 within four days of ninth and 12th graders in HCMC returning to school, but no closure has been considered yet. “Contracting infections in classes was what HCMC anticipated and planned for, and all the cases have been handled safely,” Pham Duc Hai, …
Read More »PM tells authorities to consider penalizing Covid vaccination refusal
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for punishing people who refuse to be vaccinated without valid reasons. At a meeting with the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, he said authorities should convince people to get immunized, and consider banning people from leaving their home or making …
Read More »Vietnam PM calls for Covid-19 vaccine mandate
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday said punishments should be considered for those who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 despite being eligible. At a meeting with the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, Chinh said authorities must convince people to get vaccinated by all means. Punishments …
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