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 »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 »Việt Nam to resume pre-pandemic visa exemption policies from March 15
Foreign tourists visiting Hội An City, Quảng Nam Province, in October 2019. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is slated to resume pre-pandemic bilateral and unilateral visa exemption policies for foreigners when the country fully reopens on March 15, 2022, announced the spokesperson of the Ministry …
Read More »Vietnamese-French doctor doesn’t let distance stop him in the fight against COVID
Vietnamese-French doctor Đinh Xuân Anh Tuấn is now working at Department of Physiology – Practical Examination at Cochin hospital in Paris. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI – Each person has their own way of expressing their love for their homeland. For Vietnamese-French doctor Đinh Xuân Anh Tuấn, he …
Read More »HCM City to close largest COVID ICU as severe case numbers fall sharply
The 1,000-bed COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit in Thủ Đức City will be closed and the facility returned to the HCM City Oncology Hospital. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health has recommended that the People’s Committee should close down the 1,000-bed Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit in …
Read More »HCM City prepares for spike in COVID infections post-Tết
Visitors to the Children’s Hospital No 1 in HCM City have to make an online health declaration. Photo suckhoedoisong.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health has called on local health and other officials to strictly follow COVID-19 safety regulations and promptly place identified infection clusters under control, warning that …
Read More »Lowest daily number of COVID-19 cases in two months
A mobile medical team in Hà Nội goes door to door to administer COVID-19 vaccines to people with limited mobility. — VNA/VnExpress News Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — As the Lunar New Year approaches, there were 12,674 new COVID-19 cases discovered on Monday, the lowest daily increase in two months. The total number …
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