Managing COVID-19 patients through software helps to reduce pressure on grassroots medical staff. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Mạnh Khánh HÀ NỘI — Some districts in Hà Nội have been pushing IT applications in managing coronavirus patients, helping simplify procedures for testing, medical treatment and granting certificates of quarantine termination or recovery. Over the last few …
Read More »Việt Nam’s COVID caseload reaches 6 million, over 200 million vaccine doses administered in total
A medical worker attends to a COVID patient with mild symptoms in the northern Vĩnh Phúc Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI – With 166,968 new infections were announced on Sunday, Việt Nam’s total COVID-19 caseload has reached six million, as the total number of vaccines administered nationwide crosses the 200 million …
Read More »Việt Nam logs record 169,114 coronavirus infections on Friday
A medical worker takes a sample of a resident in southern Bến Tre Province for COVID-19 testing. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chương Đài HÀ NỘI — A record 169,114 new daily COVID-19 infections were confirmed in the country on Friday. A further 71 COVID-related deaths were also announced. The country’s COVID …
Read More »Quarantine free entries for entrants with negative COVID-19 tests: Health ministry
Vietnamese citizens evacuated from Ukraine entering Việt Nam in the first repatriation flight on March 8, 2022, was exempted from the COVID-19 testing and vaccination requirement that are in effect. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI — People seeking to gain entry into Việt Nam might not …
Read More »Health ministry proposes easing access to Molnupiravir for COVID-19 patients
A physician at a drug store gives instructions on how to administer Molnupiravir to a customer. — Photo nhandan.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has proposed that pharmacies and drugstores be allowed to prescribe the antiretroviral COVID treatment drug Molnupiravir, under certain situations. According to the proposal sent to …
Read More »Việt Nam hits 5 million COVID-19 cases
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered in the southern province of Bến Tre. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chương Đài HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has surpassed 5 million COVID infections, as the country registered a record 164,596 new daily cases on Wednesday. After the country entered its fourth wave of the virus in late April …
Read More »Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, close contacts can go to work during quarantine: Health ministry’s proposal
Medicines supplied at home for COVID-19 patients in Hà Nội’s Cửa Đông Ward. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has suggested that asymptomatic COVID-19 cases (F0) and close contacts (F1) of COVID-19 cases can still go to work during the quarantine period. According to …
Read More »Vietnamese health ministry, UNICEF, WHO launch campaign on COVID prevention
A student receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Hà Nội. — Photo qdnd.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF and WHO have launched the ‘Safe Journeys’ campaign, aiming at redoubling and reinforcing the importance of complying with COVID-19 preventive practices, including vaccination. The campaign calls on all people across the …
Read More »Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, close contacts can to work during quarantine: Health ministry’s proposal
Medicines supplied at home for COVID-19 patients in Hà Nội’s Cửa Đông Ward. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has suggested that asymptomatic COVID-19 cases (F0) and close contacts (F1) of COVID-19 cases can still go to work during the quarantine period. According to …
Read More »Health ministry proposes halting daily COVID-19 case update
A medical worker takes a test sample from a resident in Thanh Trì District, Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has proposed to temporarily stop announcing new COVID-19 cases on a daily basis to the public amid case spike. Currently, the ministry is releasing …
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