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MoH urges localities and hospitals to develop response plans against Omicron during Tết 16,278 new coronavirus infections confirmed nationwide, Hà Nội registers record 2,723 cases Hà Nội reports record high of nearly 2,500 new COVID cases, 14,861 infections nationwide PM wants vaccination of children aged 12-17 completed within Q1, plans to …

  A health worker collects specimens from a young child infected with coronavirus in the northern province of Bắc Giang. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is exercising caution in consideration of COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5-11 years, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long told local …

Hoàng Minh Thắm (left) at his peach tree garden in Trúc Sơn Village, Toàn Sơn Commune, the northern province of Hoà Bình.— VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Hải HOÀ BÌNH — Local growers in the northern province of Hoà Bình have taken advantage of the cool climate to grow peach trees in …

  A patient with post-COVID complications being treated at the Lê Văn Thịnh Hospital in Thủ Đức City in HCM City. Photo nld.com.vn HCM CITY — Caring for people with post-COVID conditions is one of the key tasks for the healthcare sector this year, HCM City authorities have said. Nearly 2 per cent of the country’s …

Medical staff, who have not received a full salary in eight months, hold a banner in front of Tuệ Tĩnh Hospital on Thursday.— VNA/VnExpress News Photo Tạ Nguyên HÀ NỘI — Đặng Thị Thu Hiền, 35, is a medical worker in the Internal Medicine Department at the Hà Nội-based Tuệ Tĩnh …

16,278 new coronavirus infections confirmed nationwide, Hà Nội registers record 2,723 cases Hà Nội reports record high of nearly 2,500 new COVID cases, 14,861 infections nationwide PM wants vaccination of children aged 12-17 completed within Q1, plans to buy vaccines for ages 5-11 Việt Nam’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout hits 150 …

  A cow farm in Thuỵ An Commune, Ba Vì District, Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Vũ Sinh Tố Như HÀ NỘI — Cow farming in Hà Nội has great opportunities for development, said the director of the city’s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sub-Department Nguyễn Ngọc Sơn. In the last …

Vũ Tiến Anh (right) and his teammate. — Photo courtesy of Vũ Tiến Anh HÀ NỘI — For Vũ Tiến Anh, one among thousands of medical students who volunteered in the southern epicentre of the pandemic last year, 2021 was a year of relentless efforts and courage to fight the outbreak.  Emotions rushed …

  An old woman in HCM City gets a booster shot. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HCM CITY — HCM City plans to complete the vaccination of people at risk from COVID-19 by January 20 while pressing on with rapid testing for the group. The municipal Department of Health has ordered district-level steering committees for COVID-19 …

  A notice is placed in front of a house in Đông Sơn Ward in the central city of Thanh Hóa after a COVID-19 infection is detected. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Nguyễn Nam HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded 16,725 cases of COVID-19, including 25 imported, on Thursday. A total …