Daily infections see sharp fall, PM orders finalized vaccination for children
VOV.VN - The number of COVID-19 cases continued to record a sharp fall over the past 24 hours, with 34,140 new cases detected, a drop of over 5,100 cases from a day earlier, the Ministry of Health said on April 9.
Of the latest infections, 34,138 were found in the community and 2 were imported.
Hanoi continued to record the highest number of infections with 2,202 cases, followed by Bac Giang with 1,956 and Nghe An with 1,656.
The overall infection tally now stands at more than 10.69 million cases, including 10,162,185 domestic cases during the fourth wave of outbreaks which started in April last year.
An additional 26 deaths were also confirmed on the same day, taking the total number of fatalities to 42,794, accounting for 0.4 of the overall caseload.
Furthermore, the total number of recoveries rose to 8,497,532 after a total of 41,857 patients were declared to be free from the virus.
By the end of April 8, over 208 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been inoculated across the country.
Moreover, during a meeting held the same day to discuss the nation’s COVID-19 response, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh accentuated the highest determination to finalise the administration of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 in the second quarter of the year. Indeed, this should be done to ensure safety for them before the start of the academic school year.
He ordered the completion of administering second shots to children aged 12 to 17 in April this year. As such, vaccines remain the strategic weapon and the most important shield to cope with the pandemic, PM Chinh emphasized.
The number of daily COVID-19 cases has seen to see a steep fall from late March, despite the country fully resuming international tourism.
As a result of the country's high vaccination rate, the number of local infections, severe cases, and fatalities over the past three weeks has dropped by 39.6%, 31.7%, and 26.1%, respectively, according to the Ministry of Health.