Health workers carry out COVID-19 testing in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu BERLIN — Germany’s Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) on March 1 decided to remove 60 countries and territories across the world, including Việt Nam, from the list of the countries that are highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Passengers entering Germany from …
Read More »HCM City tightens COVID regulations as city caseload increases
Students at an elementary school in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District wash their hands before entering in February. The city has mandated that if more than half the students in a class contract COVID or were in contact with a patient, the class has to switch to online learning. – Photo …
Read More »Cần Thơ Hospital provides support for patients with ‘long COVID’
A doctor examines a patient with post-COVID-19 symptoms at the Cần Thơ General Hospital. — Photo baocantho.com.vn CẦN THƠ — Cần Thơ General Hospital is offering patients suffering from ‘long COVID’ a screening and counselling clinic to aid their recovery, the first hospital in the southern city to do so. …
Read More »Việt Nam reports record 98,762 new COVID infections on Tuesday
A member of the community-based COVID-19 prevention and control team attaches a notice at a coronavirus patients’ house in Khai Quang Ward, Vĩnh Yên City, in northern Vĩnh Phúc Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hùng HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam reported a record high of 98,762 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday. …
Read More »98,762 new COVID-19 cases, 86 more deaths announced on Tuesday
The 98,762 new COVID-19 cases include 19 imported cases and 98,743 local infections detected in Hà Nội (13,323), Quảng Ninh (4,011), Bắc Ninh (3,933), Nghệ An (3,864), Lào Cai (3,398), Hưng Yên (3,393), Sơn La (3,087), Nam Định (3,072), Phú Thọ (2,966), Vĩnh Phúc (2,913), Thái Nguyên (2,788), Hòa Bình …
Read More »Asymptomatic COVID patients should not use Molnupiravir
Molnupiravir for sale at Long Châu Drugstore in Hà Nội.— VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has advised asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to not use Molnupiravir as part of their treatment. The ministry said Molnupiravir should only be used to treat mild to moderate cases …
Read More »Youth Month 2022 promotes creative spirit among young people
Members of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union of northern Bắc Giang Province plant trees as part of Youth Month 2022. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Youth Month 2022, organised by the Central Committee of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), launched at a ceremony in Hà Nội on Tuesday …
Read More »HCM City honours young health workers
Young workers from 36 health facilities in HCM City receive the Phạm Ngọc Thạch Prize. VNA/VnExpress News Photo by Hồng Giang HCM CITY — Eighty young doctors, nurses and other health workers at 36 medical facilities in HCM City were awarded the Phạm Ngọc Thạch Prize by the city unit of the Hồ …
Read More »Health ministry officially approves Pfizer shots at lower doses for children aged 5-11 years
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to under 12 years old. — Photo from Pfizer HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health on Friday officially granted approval of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for use in children aged five to under 12 years old. The decision was reflected in the …
Read More »Hà Nội’s Trần Hưng Đạo Bridge designs on display for public feedback
The winning design of Trần Hưng Đạo Bridge is a combination of an ancient and modern Hà Nội. — Photos from the organiser HÀ NỘI — Three designs for Trần Hưng Đạo Bridge, which will cross the Red River and connect three urban districts of the capital, are being exhibited in …
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