A sixth-grade student in Vĩnh Long City receives a COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Lê Thúy Hằng HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded seven COVID-related fatalities on Wednesday, the first time the daily death toll fell to single-digits since July last year. There were also 13,271 new infections recorded nationwide. …
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Phan Thị Thuý (left), a retired nurse, is still working at the clinic in Đại Điền Commune, Thạnh Phú District, to support her colleagues as they fight the pandemic. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chương Đài BẾN TRE — Over many months, the southern province of Bến Tre has gradually controlled …
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 »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 »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 »131,817 COVID cases registered on Saturday
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab in the northern city of Cao Bằng on Saturday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chu Hiệu HÀ NỘI — With 131,817 COVID-19 cases logged in the past 24 hours, Việt Nam has confirmed record-breaking infection numbers for 12 straight days. The country’s total caseload since …
Read More »Increasing COVID caseload puts strain on medical staff and businesses
A medical worker takes a sample for testing from a resident in Thanh Trì District, Hà Nội, at the end of her treatment. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has been witnessing a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent months which is not …
Read More »Another record daily COVID case count on Sunday
The capital city of Hà Nội registered the highest daily number of infections with 5,102 cases. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — There were 47,200 new COVID-19 infections recorded across the country on Sunday, the highest daily tally since the outbreak of the pandemic. The new cases bring the country’s tally …
Read More »Việt Nam reports 26,379 COVID-19 cases, total tops 2.5 million
Visitors wearing face mask burn incense in Hà Nội’s Quán Sứ Pagoda on Sunday. All visitors are required to comply with 5K regulations. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — The number of people to test positive for COVID-19 in Việt Nam since the very first infection two …
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