VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES AUGUST 17
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PM decides to provide financial support for COVIVAC
vaccine trials
The Prime
Minister has decided to use over 8.8 billion VND from the national COVID-19
vaccine fund to support the first and second phase of clinical trials of
COVIVAC vaccine, which has been developed by the Health Ministry’s Institute
of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) since May 2020. COVIVAC uses
viral vector technology on primary chicken embryo cell culture - a technique
IVAC used previously to successfully produce seasonal flu vaccines. It is
preserved at temperatures from 2-8 degrees Celsius. In the first
phase, it was evaluated as safe, well-tolerant and immunogenic. The second
phase will be carried out in Vu Thu district, northern Thai Binh province,
with 375 volunteers. COVIVAC is
the second “made-in-Vietnam” vaccine to be allowed for clinical trials by the
Health Ministry, following Nanogen company’s NanoCovax./. Vietnam to face Mongolia and Venezuela at Army Games’ Tank
Biathlon The tank
team of the Vietnam People’s Army is set to compete against the tank crews of
Mongolia, Venezuela, and Syria in the opening match of the Tank Biathlon
event at the 2021 International Army Games. Group 1 will
see the participation of tank crews from 11 countries, including Mongolia,
Venezuela, Syria, Vietnam, and the hosts Russia. The
Vietnamese team will take part in the qualifying round of the Tank Biathlon
event at 8 p.m. on August 23 following the opening ceremony of the Army Games
2021. The best
eight teams will then progress through to the semi-final round. The
International Army Games were first held in 2015 and is an annual Russian
military sports event organised by the Ministry of Defense of Russia (MoD). The 2021
version of the occasion set to take place from August 22 to September 4,
will feature the participation of more than 40 countries. The latest
event marks the fourth consecutive year that Vietnam has taken part in
the competition. Vermicelli, tofu, bread producers, slaughter houses in HCMC
resume operation Many
business facilities of bread, tofu, vermicelli and slaughter-house yesterday
began resuming their operation after the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee
allowed the reoperation of those activities. On the same
day, Vissan Joint Stock Company said that its slaughterhouse operation has
been step-by-step resumed after temporary suspension in compliance with
Covid-19 prevention and control regulations. According to
Director of Xuan Thoi Thuong Slaughterhouse To Van Liem, the slaughterhouse
just operates with one-third capacity compared with the previous time with
1,200 to 1,400 pigs a day. To meet the
demand of consuming pork for the city’s residents, the factory has plans of
opening one more slaughterhouse chain within seven days to bring the total
capacity to 2,000 pigs a day serving consumers. The Ho Chi
Minh City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development informed that the
city consumes around 4,500 pigs a day on average, of which around 3,000 pigs
from slaughterhouses, a reduction of 50 percent compared to the pre-pandemic
outbreak period. Currently, many slaughterhouses in Ho Chi Minh City have to
temporarily close due tothe Covid-19 infectious cases. Apart from
promptly reopening the slaughterhouses, Ho Chi Minh City is collaborating
with provinces of Dong Nai, Long An and Tay Ninh to provide pigs and pork to
the city customers. Hundreds of fishermen stuck on boats as quarantine centres
overloaded More than
300 fishermen have been stuck on 70 boats in the central province of Quang
Ngai Province for some 10 days as local quarantine facilities are entirely
full. The
fishermen are staying at Sa Huynh Port. One of them, Nguyen Tinh, said he and
six crew members had returned to the port 10 days ago. All of the crew
members tested negative for Covid-19 but they were told to that they would be
quarantined for 14 days for Covid-19 prevention following the government's
regulations. "We’re
waiting anxiously because we’re not sure how long we’ll be waiting out
here," he said. "All the quarantine centres at Pho Thanh Ward are
currently overloaded." The
fishermen said they had stayed at their boats for nearly 14 days now and want
to count this time as their quarantine time. However, Quang Ngai authorities
refused the proposal. Nguyen Van
Luong, chairman of Pho Thanh Ward People's Committee said they suggested
setting up another quarantine centre in other wards but the fishermen refused
to go. "Because
of Covid-19, the fishermen have had many difficulties and they don't want to
pay the quarantine fees. That's why many people proposed to count the time
they stayed on the boat as their quarantine period. But we still have to
follow the rules," Luong said. Duc Pho
Commune has the highest number of fishing boats in Quang Ngai. Over 600 boats
are still working offshore. New Assistants to Foreign Minister appointed The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs has announced decisions on appointment of three new
Assistants to the Foreign Minister. The new
appointees are Le Thi Thu Hang, Director-General of the ministry’s Department
for Press and Information; Nguyen Minh Hang, Director-General of the
Department for Economic Affairs; and Do Hung Viet, Director-General of
Department for International Organizations. The ministry
also announced decision to appoint Vu Ho, Director-General of ASEAN
Department as deputy head of Viet Nam’s ASEAN SOM./. HCM City customs find 30kg of synthetic drugs in parcels A haul of
approximately 30 kilograms of MDMA and 1.5 kg of Ketamine have been
discovered in packages recently imported into Vietnam by postal services
after being sent from France. The drugs,
which had been sent from France, were hidden inside packaged candy and
chocolate wrappers. The parcels
were addressed to various fake recipients and addresses. If the drugs haul
had gone undiscovered by police forces, then the people involved in the
operation would have found ways to receive the package via delivery order
tricks, customs officials said. Three Coronavirus-hit provinces to get over 4,000 tons rice from
national reserve Deputy Prime
Minister Le Van Thanh has tasked the Ministry of Finance to distribute more
than 4,117 tons of rice from the national reserve to support people affected
by the COVID-19 pandemic in three southern provinces. Specifically,
Binh Phuoc, Bac Lieu and Soc Trang, currently placed under social distancing
to prevent spread of COVID-19, will receive 559.74 tons, 636.975 tons, and
2,931.085 tons, respectively. As of 7:00
pm on August 15, the number of COVID-19 infection cases in Binh Phuoc, Bac
Lieu and Soc Trang was 309, 130 and 552, according to the Ministry of Health. PM orders free Covid vaccination to all people Prime
Minister Pham Minh Chinh has reiterated an order giving free Covid-19
vaccines to all people and assigned the Ministry of Health to take
responsibility for vaccine storage and vaccination process. “It is
definite that residents must be vaccinated against Covid-19 for free,” the
prime minister told an online anti-virus conference between the Government
with provincial and municipal governments on August 15. The prime
minister also ordered the competent ministries to impose harsh sanctions on
those who collect vaccination fees. Besides, PM
Chinh encouraged localities and enterprises to find Covid-19 vaccine supply
sources, while the Ministry of Health was tasked with evaluating the quality
of the vaccines. To reduce
the Covid death rate, the prime minister ordered the ministry and provinces
and cities to give the vaccination priority for people aged over 50, while
setting up separate vaccination sites for the elderly. In addition,
the prime minister also told provinces and cities to handle the hesitation in
receiving shots and the choosing of vaccines among residents due to the
shortage of vaccines and the rapid spread of the virus. Vietnam has
taken delivery of some 19 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Some 14 million
doses have been administered nationwide, with some 1.3 million people
receiving both doses. Nineteen
provinces and cities in the southern region, which is being hit hard by the
pandemic, have given 7.5 million doses to residents, with HCMC alone
administering some 4.5 million doses. HCMC adjusts Covid-19 treatment system to three levels HCMC has
adjusted its treatment system from five to three levels to mobilize resources
for the treatment of critical patients, said Deputy Director of the municipal
Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung. At a press
briefing on the city’s fight against the pandemic on August 16, Hung said the
three-level system was in line with the recommendations of the Ministry of
Health. Accordingly, medical workers and equipment will be reasonably
allocated for the levels, the local media reported. Under the
first level currently, 18,120 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases and those with mild
symptoms will stay at home and nearly 23,900 patients will be quarantined at
centralized quarantine facilities in Thu Duc City and districts. The city
will provide healthcare services and food to those at home. Meanwhile,
hospitals under the second level will receive moderate and severe Covid-19
cases. Under this level, there are 74 hospitals with nearly 49,400 beds,
including 24 field hospitals, 41 general hospitals of the city and nine
centrally-run hospitals. Under the
third level, severe and critical cases will be treated. There are eight
facilities at this level, including the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases,
Cho Ray, 115 People's Hospital and five recuperation centers. HCMC has
been practicing social distancing under the prime minister’s Directive 16 for
39 days and has recorded more than 149,200 Covid-19 cases. The city will
strive to suppress the pandemic before September 15. COVID-19: Vietnam logs 930 less domestic infections on August 16 The Ministry
of Health confirmed 8,652 new cases of COVID-19, including eight imported
ones, in the past 24 hours to 6pm on August 16. The number
of domestic cases stood at 8,644, a reduction of 930 infections compared to
the previous day. Ho Chi Minh
City remained the country’s biggest pandemic hotspot with 3,341 cases, a
decrease of 1,175 cases. Binh Duong and Long An followed closely by posting
2,522 and 599 infections, increasing by 164 and 85, respectively. Of the daily
caseload on August 16, 2,422 were found in the community. Vietnam has
so far recorded 283,696 COVID-19 cases, including 6,141 deaths. Also on
August 16, 4,473 patients were given the all-clear, bringing the number of
total recoveries to 106,977. Among those
under treatment, 590 are being cared for in ICU, while 22 critical cases are
being treated with ECMO. Vietnam ready for Army Games 2021 in Algeria The
Vietnamese team has been ready for the upcoming Army Games 2021 in Algeria,
said its head Lieut. Col Hoang Ngoc Sang while paying a courtesy call
to Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh on August 15 (local
time). Sang lauded
the host country for its reception and support for the Vietnamese team. He informed
the ambassador that the service dog training contest in the competition will
open on August 22 and wrap up on August 30. The Vietnamese team is determined
to achieve the best results to foster defence ties between Vietnam and
partners, he said. Vinh briefed
his guest on the situation in Algeria and traditional ties between Vietnam and
the African country, saying that it has laid a solid foundation for bilateral
links in various areas, including in national defence. He also
wished the Vietnamese team good health and success in the event. The Army
Games 2021 is scheduled for August 22 – September 4 with 34 contests and
260 teams from more than 45 countries. The contests will be held in Armenia,
Algeria, Belarus, Vietnam, Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar, China, Serbia,
Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Russia. Vietnam is
due to host the Military Medical Relay Race and Sniper
Frontier contests. Hanoi students to begin academic year on September 1 The earliest
date for students at all levels in Hanoi to start their 2021 – 2022 academic
year is September 1, according to a decision freshly issued by the capital
authorities. The decision
applies to educational facilities from kindergarten to high schools, as well
as centres for continuing education. Ceremonies
to kick off the school year city-wide are scheduled for September 5, with the
first and second semester planned to be completed before January 16 and May
25, respectively. Holidays
during the year will follow regulations set by the Labour Code and related
annual guiding documents. The city has
asked the director of the municipal Department of Education and Training to
seriously implement the timeline planned for the academic year and propose
changes in such special cases as natural disasters and diseases. As from
April 29 to date, Hanoi logged 2,248 cases of COVID-19, including 1,221 ones
found in the community./. HCMC resumes several essential services Although the
HCMC government has decided to extend social distancing citywide for one
month, it has also resumed several essential services from today, August 16. Specifically,
the city has allowed facilities that produce noodles, tofu and bread, air
ticket agents and private clinics to resume operations. Besides,
companies providing certain services such as safeguard, repair and
maintenance for offices and buildings and insurance are also allowed to
reopen. Moreover,
deliverymen that transport essentials can travel between different districts. Governmental
offices and agencies can remain open but only a maximum of 25% of their
workforce are allowed to work at the office, except for military and
healthcare forces. The city has
continued to ask residents to avoid stepping out after 6 p.m., except for
people coming to vaccination venues to get the Covid-19 vaccine, emergency
cases, and frontline forces. Besides,
employees of supermarkets and convenience stores in the city are allowed to
travel on the streets between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. to prepare and arrange cargo
and disinfect their business space. Other groups
of people that are allowed to travel on the streets after 6 p.m. are flight
crew and employees of the Vietnam Aviation Corporation in the south that
serve flights transporting goods, medical equipment and vaccines; workers of
facilities that produce necessities such as food and medical equipment;
deliverymen that transport medical supplies for Covid-19 patients or Covid-19
treatment hospitals; workers of facilities that provide meals for the poor,
quarantine centers, medical centers and hospitals; reporters and employees of
media outlets; postmen and employees of petroleum stations at 12 gateways of
the city. The
prioritized groups also include vehicles transporting workers of
manufacturers of necessities, frontline forces and medical supplies and taxis
and automobiles in charge of transporting patients. PM decides to provide financial support for COVIVAC vaccine
trials The Prime
Minister has decided to use over 8.8 billion VND from the national COVID-19 vaccine
fund to support the first and second phase of clinical trials of COVIVAC
vaccine, which has been developed by the Health Ministry’s Institute of
Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) since May 2020. COVIVAC uses
viral vector technology on primary chicken embryo cell culture - a technique
IVAC used previously to successfully produce seasonal flu vaccines. It is
preserved at temperatures from 2-8 degrees Celsius. In the first
phase, it was evaluated as safe, well-tolerant and immunogenic. The second
phase will be carried out in Vu Thu district, northern Thai Binh province,
with 375 volunteers. COVIVAC is
the second “made-in-Vietnam” vaccine to be allowed for clinical trials by the
Health Ministry, following Nanogen company’s NanoCovax. Over 200,000 Vero Cell doses administered in HCM City More than
200,000 doses of China-produced Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine have been given to
local people throughout Ho Chi Minh City since August 13, with all of them
being in a stable health condition following their injection. He went on
to say that the southern city will continue to administer the vaccine to
local people over the course of the coming days. According to
Duc, HCM City has received two batches of the Vero Cell vaccine. The first
one million doses are being administered, while another one million doses are
being examined for local use by the Ministry of Health. Developed by
China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), Vero Cell was first approved
for emergency use by the WHO in May, and given conditional approval for use
in Vietnam on June 4. In an
official press release issued by Sinopharm in Vietnam in late May, the
Chinese company stated that the efficacy of Vero Cell stood at an estimated
79.34%. In total,
3,589,489 people in HCM City were inoculated from July 22 to August 15. At present,
the southern metropolis has received 4.4 million doses of vaccines from the
Ministry of Health, including 3.6 million Astra Zeneca doses, 19,000 Vero
Cell doses, approximately 55,000 Pfizer doses, and 571,000 Moderna doses. All
vaccines allotted by the Ministry of Health will have been used up as
of August 12. The city will continue to administer the one million doses of
Sinopharm's Vero Cell vaccine. HCM City
aims to vaccinate seven million people aged 18 and above by the end of
August. HCMC expects around one million traffic users each day Accordingly, from
August 15, businesses of these kinds are approved to resume work: food
processing sites; notary organizations; companies to offer services of
building security, building infrastructure maintenance and repair, office
machine maintenance and repair; insurance companies to perform work on
assessing cases, making claims, and settling insurance benefits for clients;
airplane ticket offices; and private clinics. During social
distancing, People allowed to ship essential commodities include more than
50,000 tech-based shippers of registered companies delivering goods between
districts, Thu Duc City and observing Covid-19 prevention and
control measures tightly. This leads
to a predicted rise of traffic users on streets from 6am to 6pm each day. Therefore,
the HCMC Public Security Department is going to increase officers at
checkpoints to examine necessary documents. There will also be more patrol
teams to randomly check individuals on streets and impose strict punishments
to those travelling without proper reasons in accordance with the direction
of HCMC People’s Committee. Results of second phase of high school graduation exams
announced on August 16 The results
of the second phase of the national high school graduation exams 2021 will be
announced from 1:00 pm on August 16, instead of August 24. The Ministry
of Education and Training has just sent a document to 13 Departments of
Education and Training of provinces: Hai Phong, Hung Yen, Bac Giang, Cao
Bang, Phu Yen, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Tien Giang, Dong
Nai, Vinh Long, and An Giang, on adjusting the work schedule for the second
phase of the national high school graduation exams 2021. Accordingly,
some important milestones have been adjusted. Specifically,
the announcement of the results of the second phase of the national high
school graduation exams 2021 will take place from 1:00 pm on August 16,
instead of August 24. The
Departments of Education and Training in provinces and cities will complete
the preliminary graduation recognition before August 18, instead of August
26. The time to
issue the provisional graduation certificate, return the transcripts and
other certificates (originals) to candidates will be no later than August 23,
instead of August 30. The time to
print and send the Certificate of exam results to candidates will be no later
than August 23, instead of August 30. Time to
receive the application for re-examination and make a list of re-examinations
will be from August 16 to the end of August 23, instead of from August 24 to
the end of August 31. Reviews (if
any) are to be completed by August 29 at the latest. HCMC could face disruption in Covid-19 vaccination drive HCMC’s sixth
Covid-19 vaccination drive, aimed at administering the first dose of the
Covid-19 vaccine to around 70% of people aged over 18 by the end of this
month, could be disrupted due to the short supply of the vaccine, according
to a local official. Duong Anh
Duc, vice chairman of the municipal government, said that the city has been
speeding up the vaccination, with the participation of 87 hospitals and 1,200
vaccination teams citywide. Besides this, the city has administered the
vaccine to expats in the city, enabling everyone living in the city to access
the vaccine, reported Tien Phong newspaper. As of August
13, the city had inoculated over 4.3 million people, including 100,000 being
fully vaccinated. The on-going vaccination drive is focused on vaccinating
people aged over 65 and those having underlying medical conditions, with some
456,000 of the total 650,000 people being vaccinated, Duc added. Data from
the HCMC Department of Health showed that the city had even administered up
to 318,000 doses per day. With such a
vaccination speed, it could hit its target of giving the vaccine to all city
dwellers. However, most of the vaccine doses allocated to the city by the
Health Ministry have been used and it remains unknown when the next
allocations will be made. Nguyen Hoai
Nam, deputy director of the city’s Health Department, said that the city had
over 120,000 doses left on August 12. Therefore, localities in the city are
slowing down their vaccination speed to cope with the situation. Once the
vaccine supply becomes sufficient, the city will ramp up the vaccination
drive again, Nam added. The southern
city has seized opportunities to access vaccine supplies from countries and
territories that have a good cooperation with Vietnam, and two countries have
pledged to present some 750,000 vaccine doses to HCMC. The entire city is
making efforts to diversify vaccine supplies to inoculate residents as the
pandemic is taking a heavy toll with more than 149,000 domestic infections
reported as of yesterday, August 15. Localities asked to ensure support for residents amid COVID-19 Deputy Prime
Minister Vu Duc Dam on August 16 signed the Prime Minister’s Dispatch
No.1081/CD-TTG on COVID-19 prevention and control. Under the
dispatch, the PM asked the People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and
provinces under social distancing order in accordance with Directive
No.16/CT-TTg to actively decide whether to continue with distancing measures
in line with the directive based on local realities. Localities
were required to ensure food, housing and medical support for residents so
that they could rest assured to stay in place and follow prevention and
control measures. Cities and
provinces under social distancing must reach consensus with localities
concerned to receive and welcome those wishing to return to their native
homes, with priority given to pregnant women and those with small children,
as well as assist firms in safe production. The same
day, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has signed Decision
No.1409/QD-TTg directing the Finance Ministry to allocate over 4,100 tonnes
of rice from the national reserve to the southern provinces of Binh Phuoc,
Bac Lieu and Soc Trang in support of residents hit by COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically,
Binh Phuoc will receive more than 559 tonnes, Bac Lieu over 636 tonnes and
Soc Trang over 2,921 tonnes. Authorities
of Binh Phuoc, Bac Lieu and Soc Trang must be responsible for accuracy of
data provided by them and support for the right persons in line with
regulations. Work on expanded Dien Bien airport to start in December: ACV The project
to expand the Dien Bien Airport in the northwestern province of Dien Bien was
approved on March 27 with the aim of increasing its capacity to 500,000
passengers per year. The ACV is
the investor of the project which is estimated to cost VND1,547
billion (US$67 billion). The Dien
Bien Airport, 500 kilometers to the west of Hanoi, is the largest and the
only commercial airport in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It was
originally a military airport built in 1954. It began commercial operations
in 1994. It has one 1,830-meter runway that can handle short-haul ATR72 and
smaller aircraft. Its current capacity is 300,000 passengers per year. 1,000-bed field hospital put into operation in HCMC The outlying
district of Binh Chanh in HCMC today, August 16, put a field hospital with
1,000 beds into operation to treat Covid-19 patients. The field
hospital, located at the district’s Sports and Culture Center in Tan Tuc
Town, is the first one of its kind that Binh Chanh District has established
for Covid-19 treatment, the local media reported. The
hospital, which has 20 intensive care beds and 300 medical workers, is
treating 84 Covid-19 patients. The
establishment of the field hospital is expected to help improving the city’s
capacity of Covid-19 treatment and easing pressure on higher-level hospitals
due to the complicated development of the pandemic, HCMC Vice Chairman Duong
Anh Duc said at the opening of the hospital. Duc also
said that the hospital should screen and transfer critically-ill patients to
higher-level hospitals for treatment in a timely manner to reduce the
Covid-19 death rate. Binh Chanh
District has 10 quarantine centers with 3,450 beds to admit and care for
positive Covid-19 cases. As many as 3,770 patients have been discharged from
the quarantine facilities. Since April
27, Binh Chanh District has reported 9,860 Covid-19 infections, said Dao Gia
Vuong, chairman of the district. Vietnam to affirm support for cooperation in COVID-19 fight at
42nd AIPA General Assembly: top legislator Vietnam will
show its viewpoint on promoting COVID-19 prevention and control cooperation,
particularly concerning vaccines, among member parliaments of the ASEAN
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and ASEAN nations at the upcoming 42nd
General Assembly of the AIPA (AIPA- 42), said National Assembly (NA) Chairman
Vuong Dinh Hue. Hue made the
statement while chairing a meeting on August 16 concerning the preparation
for Vietnam’s attendance at the General Assembly. The top
legislator will lead a high-level NA delegation to attend the virtual AIPA-
42 on August 23 – 25 at the invitation of Speaker of the Legislative Council
of Brunei Abdul Rahman Taib. This is the first official multilateral
diplomatic activity of Chairman Hue and the NA delegation in the 15th tenure
of the NA. Hearing
reports on the ASEAN situation since the beginning of 2021 as well as
Vietnam’s contributions to AIPA and preparation for the upcoming attendance,
Hue stressed a request for the improvement of the NA’s activities for
external relations. Parliamentary
diplomacy has to make contribution to promoting the position, image and
prestige of Vietnam in the region and in the world, he affirmed. He ordered
speeding up related preparation activities, ensuring pandemic safety, and
implementing communications work on the AIPA- 42. Head of the
NA Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha said the NA delegation will
attend the General Assembly with the spirit of making active and practical
contributions and ensuring Vietnam’s benefit and principle stance. Health Minister inspects intensive care units in HCM City A working
delegation led by Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long inspected the reception
and treatment of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs)
established by the Health Ministry in Ho Chi Minh City on August 16. Visiting
Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital’s ICU based at the COVID-19 treatment
hospital No.13 and Bach Mai Hospital’s unit at the COVID-19 treatment
hospital No.16, Long asked them to actively treat patients in serious and
critical conditions. The same
day, the minister also inspected the construction of an ICU run by Hue
Central Hospital at the COVID-19 treatment hospital No.14. He also
requested immediately deploying equipment and human resources to the unit. HCM City is
now the largest coronavirus hotspot in the country with nearly 150,000
infections as of August 15. Bac Ninh detects new Covid cluster after 21 days Bac Ninh
Province has reported 12 new domestic Covid-19 infections linked to employees
at a Viettel Post store in Luong Tai District, ending its 21-day streak
without community transmission. The new
coronavirus cluster has seen several direct and indirect contacts, said the
provincial anti-virus steering committee. As many as
386 people have been found to come into close contact with confirmed cases,
while over 1,200 others came into indirect contact with the cases, the local
media reported. To prevent
the spread of the coronavirus, the province has ordered all delivery people
in the district be tested, including employees at the Viettel Post Bac Ninh,
and all residents in the areas where the Covid cases live. Besides, the
province has locked down Luong Tai District with 107,215 people until further
notice. Bac Ninh had
earlier been one of the country’s largest coronavirus hotbeds, reporting over
1,740 Covid-19 cases in the ongoing fourth wave of the pandemic, which began
in late April. After over
two months of fighting the pandemic, on June 30, the province was assessed as
having brought the disease under control by the national steering committee
for Covid-19 infection prevention and control. Intensive care centre for COVID-19 treatment operational in Can
Tho The National
Intensive Care Centre for COVID-19 Treatment based at Can Tho
Central General Hospital has been officially put into operation, said
Deputy Director of the hospital Pham Thanh Phong on August 16. It is one of
the 12 centres of its kind established by the Health Ministry across the
country. With 200 beds and modern equipment, the centre is isolated from
other treatment areas and tasked with treating critically ill COVID-19
patients in Can Tho and those sent from hospitals at lower levels in the
Mekong Delta. The hospital
deployed 30 doctors and 50 nurses to serve the centre. The same day, the
centre received eight patients from the Can Tho Central General Hospital and
two others from other hospitals. As of August
15, as many as 1,829 COVID-19 patients were under treatment in the
city, including 106 in serious conditions. The Mekong Delta provinces of An
Giang, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Bac Lieu and Ca Mau continued to post
a high number of infections. Also on
August 16, the People’s Committee of Binh Duong province and Becamex IDC put
into operation the second stage of Thoi Hoa field hospital with 3,400 beds,
and announced the expansion of the largest COVID-19 treatment area with
12,000 beds. Front asked to promote role in reinforcing national great unity
bloc
Party
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended an online national conference to
launch the action plans of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and member
organisations to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party
Congress, which opened on August 16. Addressing
the event, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said the Front
and its members should better perform their key role in building
the national great unity bloc. He said it
is necessary to strengthen education of the youth on revolutionary ideology,
ethics and cultured lifestyle. He also
underlined the need to pay greater attention to the unique characteristics of
each ethnic minority group-inhabited area, while continuing to encourage and
gather religious organisations, dignitaries and followers, supporting
Vietnamese community abroad, improving the efficiency of citizen protection
work, and maintaining national cultural identity. The leader
asked the front and members organisations as well as people from all walks of
life to unite and engage in COVID-19 prevention and control. He expressed
hope that the front and its members will effectively implement their action
plans to realise the resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, thus
fostering the close bonds between the people and the Party and the
administration. HCM City to offer 1 million meals to COVID-19 hit residents A signing
ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 18 to provide 1 million meals
worth 25 billion VND (1.08 million USD) for the poor and those hit
by COVID-19 pandemic in the southern metropolis in August and
September. The activity
is under a programme benefiting poor and disadvantaged families in over 4,000
quarantine facilities, unemployed workers, and frontline medical staff. The
programme will also partner with other charity organisations to
carry out practical activities during the period. Vice
Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City To
Thi Bich Chau, who is also Director of the municipal centre for reception and
support of necessities for the disadvantaged, thanked mass organisations for
their assistance during the current difficult period. She said the
centre will hand over the gifts to the right persons for the right purpose. The centre
was established a day earlier to promptly offer necessities to local
residents and frontline forces. HCM City is
now the largest coronavirus hotspot in the country with nearly 150,000
infections as of August 15./. Vietnamese team ready for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Vietnam’s
15-member delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Tokyo Paralympics)
have been ready for the event, which will take place from August 24 to
September 5. Vietnamese
athletes will compete in three sports - weightlifting, swimming and athletics. Chau Hoang
Tuyet Loan and Le Van Cong will show their strength in weightlifting; Vo
Thanh Tung, Trinh Thi Bich Nhu, Do Thanh Hai will compete in swimming; and
Cao Ngoc Hung and Nguyen Thi Hai will demonstrate their skills in athletics. According to
the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism, the team will leave Hanoi on August 20 morning and arrive in Narita
airport in Tokyo later the same day, and then move to the athlete village. Five years
ago, Vietnamese athletes with disabilities made their mark at the Rio 2016
Paralympics when they won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. The opening
ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will take place August 24 night.
Vietnamese swimmers will compete on August 25, while weightlifters will have
first game on August 26 and track and field athletes on August 27. VFF should promote key role in reinforcing national great unity
bloc: Party leader The Vietnam
Fatherland Front (VFF) and its member organisations should better perform
their key role in building the national great unity bloc, sticking to the
goal of national independence and socialism, and resolutely safeguarding
national independence and sovereignty, thus maintaining socio-political
stability for national construction, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong
has stated. The Party
leader was addressing the VFF national conference on August 16 to launch the
action plans of the front and member organisation to implement the 13th
National Party Congress’ Resolution. He asked the
VFF and its member organisations to strengthen communications and education
work, while protecting the ideological foundation of the Party through
preventing and defeating “peaceful evolution” plots by hostile forces, and
fighting wrongful, reactionary and politically opportunist arguments and
ideas. The Party
chief said that the front and its member organisations should pay more
attention to developing the worker class in both number and quality, while
promoting the role of farmers and building the contingent of intellectuals
and boosting the growth of entrepreneurs. Meanwhile,
it is necessary to strengthen education of the youth on revolutionary
ideology, ethics and cultured lifestyle, enhance the quality of female human
resources, promote the socio-political supportive spirit of war veterans and
retired police officers, and optimise the experience of senior citizens, he
stressed. He also
underlined the need to pay greater attention to the unique characteristics of
each ethnic minority group-inhabited area, while continuing to encourage and
gather religious organisations, dignitaries and followers, supporting
Vietnamese community abroad, improving the efficiency of citizen protection
work, and maintaining national cultural identity. Party
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked the VFF and member organisations as
well as people from all walks of life to unite and engage in COVID-19
prevention and control. The Party
leader expressed hope that the VFF and member organisations will effectively
implement their action plans to realise the 13th National Party Congress,
thus fostering the close bonds between the people and the Party and the
administration. Nghe An court imprisons man for subversive activities The People’s
Court of the central province of Nghe An on August 16 sentenced Tran Huu Duc,
a resident in Xuan Lam commune of Nam Dan district, to three years in prison
on the charge of “engaging in activities to overthrow the people's
administration” in accordance with Clause 3 of Article 109, and Clause 1 of
Article 51 of the Penal Code 2015. On January
13, 2021, the Investigation Police Agency under the Public Security
Department of Nghe An received citizens' denunciations on Duc’s collecting
and providing other persons' personal information to a reactionary
organisation called "Chinh phu quoc gia Viet Nam lam thoi"
(Provisional National Government of Vietnam). The police
arrested Duc on January 21, 2021 and conducted a search of his private house,
during which they found a list of citizens in Nam Dan district whose personal
information was provided to Ho Thi Xuan Huong, a resident in Kon Lor 2
village, Dak Ro Wa commune, Kon Tum city of Kon Tum district via Facebook to
serve a referendum to elect Dao Minh Quan as the president of the so-called
"De tam Viet Nam cong hoa" (Third Republic of Vietnam). Investigation
showed that between June 2020 and January 2021, through Facebook, Duc
contacted Huong and Ngo Cong Tru from Phu Yen province, both of whom are
members of the US-based Provisional National Government of Vietnam that is
led by Dao Minh Quan." Following
Huong and Tru’s instruction, Duc gathered information of 36 citizens in Nam
Dan district and sent to Huong to register for the referendum. Duc then
wrote a letter volunteering to join the Provisional National Government of
Vietnam with an aim to overthrow the leadership role of the Communist Party
of Vietnam and destroy the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. In addition,
Duc also posted, shared and sent through Facebook many videos and articles
with contents distorting and opposing the Party and State of Vietnam. Hanoi Red Cross Society supports pandemic-hit people The Red
Cross Society of Hanoi has rolled out a programme to present 10,000 aid
packages containing food and foodstuff worth 200,000 VND (8.8 USD) each to
pandemic-hit people across the capital city. The activity
was in response to a campaign initiated by the Vietnam Red Cross Society,
aiming to ease difficulties facing the disadvantaged in the city and help
them overcome the adverse impacts of COVID-19, said Chairman of the Hanoi Red
Cross Society Dao Ngoc Trieu. With the
target of “Leaving no one behind during the pandemic”, the programme
prioritises people with disabilities, the elderly, people with severe
diseases, disadvantaged families, laid-off workers, and those who are staying
in locked-down areas. Since Hanoi
has been placed under social distancing measures, the Red Cross Society at
all levels have launched programmes to promptly support medical and frontline
workers, as well as the poor and pandemic-hit people. More than
3.5 billion VND were raised from August 5 to 13 to provide relief aid for the
targeted people. The ongoing
COVID-19 social distancing measures in the capital city will last until 6am
on August 23. Accordingly,
non-essential businesses continue to remain closed, people are not allowed to
go outside except for essential purposes like buying food or medical
emergencies. Public transport also remains halted./. HCM City opens social welfare centres for COVID-19 hit people Ho Chi Minh
City, the hardest hit locality by COVID-19, has debuted social welfare
centres in District 5, 7 and 12 in an effort to provide essential items to
needy people during the ongoing social distancing period. At present,
the city has prepared one million “social welfare packs” including essential
food and face masks for underprivileged people, to help them stabilise their
lives and contribute to stamping out the pandemic. Migrant
workers, students, and disadvantaged people are among those who benefit from
the city’s relief package during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. HCM City has
decided to extend its ongoing social distancing order for another month till
September 15, in an effort to halt the spread of the virus. It is currently
speeding up the vaccination drive, aiming to inoculate seven million people
aged 18 or above by September 15. As of 6 a.m.
on August 16, HCM City has recorded 151,904 COVID-19 infections, mostly
locally acquired. Vietnam intensifies handling of fake news
Authorities
have been working together to deal with fake news, which has grown in concern
during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Fake news is proliferating due to the
gullibility and irresponsibility of social media users around the country. It also
went viral due to the irresponsibility of internet users,
including reporters and journalists, who play a leading role in the fight
against fake news. Following
such incidents, the Vietnam Anti-Fake News Centre at the Ministry of
Information and Communications meted out fines of 5 million VND (218 USD)
each to the two Facebook accounts that posted the news. It
recommended that netizens, and especially reporters, not share non-verified
information on social networks. The centre
received more than 1,100 reports on fraudulent and fake news on
cross-border social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok in the
first half of the year. After
confirmation, it announced 38 cases of fake news, most of which were related
to the COVID-19 pandemic, and issued fines totalling 177 million VND (7,720
USD). Journalists
who join social networks should be aware of their responsibility to provide
official news in a timely manner. The centre’s move will play an important
role in preventing the spread of fake news among the community. Detecting,
handling and minimising the spread of fake news at the local level were
cemented in documents issued by the Ministry of Information and
Communications in July. Along with strong sanctions and the application of IT
in detecting fake news, it is necessary to improve skills and address the
“herd mentality” in the community. This is the
most effective “vaccine” against fake news and its “variants” developed by
hostile forces./. Intensive care unit for COVID patients opens in Mekong
Delta An intensive
care unit (ICU) in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ
began admitting severe COVID-19 cases on Monday amid a spike
in new infections in the region. The 200 ICU
beds at Cần Thơ Central General Hospital, part of 12 ICUs set up by the
Ministry of Health nationwide in response to the pandemic, offer treatment
for severe COVID-19 cases in the Delta. According to
Deputy director of Cần Thơ Central General Hospital Nguyễn
Minh Nghiêm, the ICU has modern medical devices such as medical
oxygen systems and ventilators and employs specialists trained in
intensive care. It
is expected to help reduce the rate of severely ill COVID-19
patients. One of the
buildings at Cần Thơ Central General Hospital, which has a total of
1,000 beds and 1,400 doctors, is being used to treat
COVID-19 patients. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has
been successfully used by hospital doctors to treat two
critically ill COVID-19 patients. As of Sunday
(August 15), more than 2,600 Covid-19 cases were reported in
Cần Thơ City. On Sunday,
the country recorded 9,574 local infections,
with 4,516 cases in HCM City, followed by Bình Dương
(2,358), Đồng Nai (546), Long An (514), Đồng Tháp (271), Tiền Giang (209),
and Cần Thơ (170). As of Sunday
(August 15), a total of 271,037 cases have been recorded in
the country since April 27, including 99,730 patients recovered
from the disease. Online contest launched to help people learn about Vietnam Youth
Federation An online
contest, aiming to propagate widely among members and young people about the
traditions of the Vietnamese youth and the Vietnam Youth Federation, will be
launched on August 19 via the "Vietnamese Youth" app. As part of
the activities to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Vietnam Youth
Federation’s traditional day (October 15, 1959 – October 15, 2021), the
online contest aims to help Vietnam Youth Federation’s members and young
people in general be proud of the glorious history and revolutionary
traditions of the Vietnamese youth and the Vietnam Youth Federation. From now
until September 15, Vietnamese youth and the Vietnam Youth Federation’s
members at home and abroad can participate in the contest. Each
contestant has a maximum of five attempts per week. In each test, candidates
answer 20 multiple-choice questions and choose one correct answer out of
four, with a maximum total time of 10 minutes. For each correct answer, the
candidate gets 10 points. After four
weeks of competition, four contestants with the best results and time each
week will receive a prize worth VND2 million from the organising board. The
candidate with the highest total score over four weeks, and the shortest time
to complete the test nationwide will receive a special prize worth VND5
million. After the
preliminary round, the organising board will select the 15 candidates with
the highest scores in the shortest time to participate in the National Final
Round, scheduled to be held on October 9, 2021 in Hanoi. 15 contestants will
be divided into five teams by lottery. Depending on the development of the
COVID-19 epidemic, the exam format may change in accordance with the
situation. One first
prize worth VND10 million, one second prize worth VND 8 million, one third
prize worth VND5 million, two consolation prizes worth VND3 million each,
along with the Certificate of Merit from the Vietnam Youth Federation Central
Committee and the photo book "When I was young", will be awarded to
the best contestants in the final round. In addition,
the organising board will present a collective prize worth VND5 million to
the Vietnam Youth Federation in the province or city level with the highest
number of contestants. Three Coronavirus-hit provinces to get over 4,000 tons rice from
national reserve Deputy Prime
Minister Le Van Thanh has tasked the Ministry of Finance to distribute more
than 4,117 tons of rice from the national reserve to support people affected
by the COVID-19 pandemic in three southern provinces. Specifically,
Binh Phuoc, Bac Lieu and Soc Trang, currently placed under social distancing
to prevent spread of COVID-19, will receive 559.74 tons, 636.975 tons, and
2,931.085 tons, respectively. As of 7:00
pm on August 15, the number of COVID-19 infection cases in Binh Phuoc, Bac
Lieu and Soc Trang was 309, 130 and 552, according to the Ministry of Health. More than 13 million people receive financial support to ease
COVID-19 difficulties More than 13
million pandemic-hit people nationwide have received financial support worth
nearly VND6 trillion (US$263.9 million) in total from the Government’s
Resolution 68 on a VND26 trillion relief package for COVID-19 affected
employees and employers. This was
reported by Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affair (MoLISA) Dao Ngoc
Dung during a videoconference held by the Government's Standing Board on
August 15 to review a month of COVID-19 prevention and control work in
localities implementing social distancing in accordance with the Prime
Minister’s Directive 16. The MoLISA
Minister hailed that localities nationwide have been actively working to
implement the Resolution in a timely manner. Relevant
agencies have created the best possible conditions and simplified procedures
for people, particularly informal workers, to get the aid, he added. He lauded
that many practical and effective initiatives have been launched in
localities to help needy people amidst COVID-19, including the “rice ATM”
machines, “Zero-VND” minimarkets, and the “social welfare pack” programme. In addition,
the entire society and benefactors have enthusiastically joined hands to
support people facing difficulties due to the pandemic. He asked
localities to take more proactive moves to implement aid packages so that the
aid can reach the pandemic-hit people as soon as possible, while priority
should be focused on employees who lost their jobs or stopped working due to
COVID-19 as well as national contributors, policy beneficiaries, poor
household, and disadvantaged children. On July 1,
the Government issued Resolution 68/NQ-CP on several policies supporting
employees and employers hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution on
12 policies to support pandemic-hit employees and employers was issued in the
context of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic having spread on a large
scale, affecting many industries and fields. Domestic COVID-19 vaccine developer gets financial support The
Government has decided to provide more than VND 8.8 billion (US$385,000) from
the national COVID-19 vaccine fund to aid first and second phase of clinical
trials of vaccine Covivac developed by the Nha Trang-based Institute of
Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC). Covivac, one
of four indigenous vaccines, got approval from the Ministry of Health to
start second phase of human trials in the northern province of Thai Binh with
the participation of 375 volunteers. IVAC
Director Duong Huu Thai was quoted as saying that the volunteers will be
divided into two age groups, one aged above 18 and the other aged
over 60. The
volunteers will receive shots of varying doses: 3mcg and 6 mcg. Covivac
underwent pre-clinical trials in India, the U.S., and Viet
Nam, the IVAC Director said, adding that the results from those
trials showed that the vaccine has satisfied all conditions for testing on
humans. In the first
stage of human trials, 120 volunteers aged between 18 and 59 participated in
the trials of Covivac. They were divided into five groups - 20 who receive
the placebo, and 100 who are injected with the vaccine at three different
levels of 1, 3 and 10 micrograms. An interim
report which was sent to the National Council of Ethics in Biomedical
Research assessed that the vaccine is safe, well tolerated, and immunogenic
across all age groups. Chairman: City authorities put people's health above all else He made the
statement at a yesterday virtual meeting on urgent measures against the
coronavirus pandemic in the southern city as per the Prime Minister’s
resolution 86 issued on August 6, 2021. He said that
that the implementation of the requirements for disease control before
September 15 as set forth by the Government's Resolution 86 is extremely
burdensome and challenging; however, this is also the desire of all city
dwellers. Following
the guidance of the Politburo, the call of the Party General Secretary, the
direction of the President, the Prime Minister, Ho Chi Minh City will give
maximum priority to epidemic prevention and control while putting people's
health and life above all else. First of all, city authorities decided to
extend the social distance for another month to focus on controlling the
sources of infection, bringing the number of infections to the lowest rate,
said Chairman Phong. The head of
the city government also expressed that, although people will face many
disturbances and difficulties during continued social distancing, city
administrators hoped people to join hands with the government in the battle
against the epidemic. Ho Chi Minh
City is determined to win the epidemic. The solutions have been adjusted and
perfected by leading experts in the health sector, and by steering committees
at all levels. The implementation of all solutions must be carried out
synchronously and transparently, ensuring the most effective. To achieve that
goal, Ho Chi Minh City issued plan No. 2715/KH-UBND on August 15 on urgent
measures to prevent and control the epidemic at the meeting. In order to
successfully implement this plan as soon as possible, the Chairman directed
many key contents and requested localities and related units to implement
more seriously and drastically. In particular, districts and Thu Duc city
must strictly keep people at home; especially in the blocked areas.
Healthcare workers in these districts must carry out randomized testing to
protect the green zones with no community transmission; change yellow areas
to green areas, orange areas to yellow areas, and narrow red areas. Mr. Thanh
Phong also emphasized that, at present, city government has been focusing on
timely emergency care and reducing deaths. All Covid-19 cases must be
admitted into hospitals and under treatment. To do this, the locality must
pay special attention to infected patients and their families. Rapid
Response Team must keep close eyes on each household with regular monitoring
between the Rapid Response Team and the health status of people with
Covid-19. Localities must ensure the "golden time" in emergency and
all calls from patients are received for a timely response. The health
sector must take heed of monitoring and treat at home for low-risk
infections. This is the first time that Ho Chi Minh City has implemented this
home-caring model, so everything is very new and unprecedented. Therefore,
localities must pay close attention to the implementation in accordance with
regulations including cross-contaminate between family members of infected
patients. The
Department of Health urgently coordinated with the Treatment Advisory Group
and the Facility Coordination Center to review the treatment facilities in
the area, ensuring no overloading, adequate medicine, equipment and manpower. In addition,
it is necessary to quickly convert public hospitals into Covid-19 treatment
facilities. Last but not least, more private hospitals are encouraged to
participate in treatment according to the model of split hospitals or switch
all to treatment. For any private clinics refusing to admit Covid-19 patients,
health inspectors will propose the Ministry of Health revoke the license. According to
Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong, vaccines are still the key factor in controlling
the epidemic. Ensuring vaccination coverage is a decisive strategic decision
in disease prevention from passive to active. Ho Chi Minh City took the
initiative to buy vaccines early and the Government approved them, but now it
is still very difficult to supply. Districts
and Thu Duc City must strengthen communication making people understand that
the best vaccine is the one that is given at the earliest; people should not
wait for a vaccine of their choice while there is a shortage of vaccines and
the disease is still spreading rapidly, causing many deaths. Chairman
Phong shared that because of the Delta mutation, the fourth outbreak (from
April 27 to now) has a very fast spreading speed, spreading to many
localities in the southern regions continuing to evolve unpredictably. Worse, the
epidemic has penetrated deeply into the community in many areas of Ho Chi
Minh City and some southern provinces with a very high number of cases,
causing great damage to life and health, seriously affecting people's lives
and socio-economic development. At present,
the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic in the city is still very complicated.
From April 27 to now, 142,618 residents have been infected by Covid-19 with
32,149 patients under treatment including 1,851 of them on ventilators
because of their serious condition. The People's
Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has issued Document No. 2718 on continuing to
apply social distancing measures throughout Ho Chi Minh City to drastically
control epidemic prevention and control according to the government’s
Resolution 86 on urgent measures to prevent and control the Covid-19
epidemic; Plan No. 2715/KH-UBND of the Steering Committee for Covid-19
Prevention and Control with determination to thoroughly strengthen the
control of the Covid-19 epidemic. Specifically,
from August 15 to 22, Ho Chi Minh City is determined to reduce the death rate
of patients due to Covid-19; no case of severe Covid-19 without receiving
treatment; determine to change the red zones and orange zones into green
zones and gradually expand green zones. From August
23 to 31, Ho Chi Minh City moved to expand the green zones to control the
epidemic in specific areas such as districts 5, 7, 11, Phu Nhuan and outlying
districts Cu Chi and Can Gio, Nha Be. From
September 1 to September 15, Ho Chi Minh City will continue to maintain and
control cases in the community provided that the number of hospitalizations
per day for treatment does not exceed the number of hospital discharges per
day, the number of hospitalizations does not exceed 2,000 people per day. Simultaneously,
Ho Chi Minh City aims to strive by September 15 to ensure that more than 70
percent of the population (over 18 years old) receive the first dose of the
Covid-19 vaccine and 15 percent of the population receive the second dose. Furthermore,
the remaining 15 percent of workers in industrial parks-export processing
zones, high-tech zones receive the first Covid-19 jabs. Regarding
social security, Ho Chi Minh City has implemented a center to receive and
support essential goods to serve residents in Districts 5, 7, and 12. Ho Chi
Minh City has also prepared 1 million safety bags to support people in need;
at the same time, establish relief centers and groups in order to promptly
assist workers, students, freelancers in small alleys. At the
conference, leaders of districts and Thu Duc city affirmed their
determination to control the epidemic by August 30, and speed up the
vaccination schedule to reach 50-100 percent of the local population. Chairwoman
of the People's Committee of Cu Chi District Pham Thi Thanh Hien said while
implementing Resolution 86; Plan No. 2715 of the Steering Committee for
Covid-19 Prevention and Control and Document No. 2718 on continuing to apply
social distancing measures throughout Ho Chi Minh City to drastically control
the Covid-19 epidemic, Cu Chi has adopted seven solutions to maintain the
green zones and gradually remove red zones. According to
her, the district is focusing on separating all cases of infected patients
still in the community; continue to provide the best care for mild cases of
Covid-19 patients in concentrated isolation areas of the district. At the
same time, the field hospital for Covid-19 treatment will be put into
operation with 500 beds. Recently,
District 4 has seen more Covid-19 cases and many blocked residential
quarters. Therefore, the district has consolidated and established quick
response teams according to the guidance of Ho Chi Minh City and the district
is also supported by Ho Chi Minh City with ambulances at 13/13 wards on duty
24/7 to provide emergency assistance and transport serious cases. In Can Gio
district, there are currently 7 blockade zones where epidemic prevention and
control are implemented seriously. Therefore, the leader of this district
affirmed that it would definitely keep the green zones, and by August 20
green areas will be seen districtwide and 75 percent of residents will
receive the 2nd dose of Covid-19 vaccine. In the inner
city, Phu Nhuan district has been focusing on the care and treatment of F0
cases at home in order to reduce the load on upper-level hospitals. Phu Nhuan
District in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh City Young Physicians
Association provide healthcare serviced at homes. The district also focuses
on taking care of the health and spiritual well-being of the medical staff in
concentrated isolation areas and the district's Covid-19 treatment center at
Phu Nhuan High School. "Phu
Nhuan district strives to control the epidemic by August 30," said
Chairman of the People's Committee of Phu Nhuan district Nguyen Dong Tung. Further social distancing imposed on Vinh City following
Covid-19 outbreak The central
province of Nghe An has applied social distancing regulations in line with
the government’s Directive 16 for Vinh City for a second time. The move was
made following a Covid-19 outbreak related to a local wholesale market.
Social
distancing started from midnight Monday midnight until further notice. The
city first applied social distancing from June 19 to July 3. Since August
14, Nghe An Province has recorded 11 Covid-19 cases linked to Vinh wholesale
market in Vinh City. Among the patients, six live in Vinh City, while the
others are from Nghi Loc and Hung Nguyen districts and Hoang Mai Town. By August
16, local authorities had identified around 4,017 people related to the
market. Of the figure, 283 have been sent to quarantined sites and 3,700
others have had to quarantine themselves at home. The city has
set up 13 Covid-19 check-points at gateway roads. Source:
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