VOV.VN - Roughly 100 COVID-19 patients in critical condition and 300 severely-ill patients are currently receiving treatment at a COVID-19 rehabilitation hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ho Chi Minh City said on July 22 that it had sent an official dispatch to authorized agencies, proposing the use of its religious establishments as temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals and quarantine facilities for Buddhist monks and nuns.

The Ho Chi Minh City High Command will disinfect the entire city, especially areas with complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the next seven days.

VOV.VN - Approximately 170 local people returning from Ho Chi Minh City, currently the nation’s largest COVID-19 hotspot, arrived at Da Nang International Airport on July 21.

There will be only two round trip passenger flights daily between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s largest pandemic hotspot, starting 0:00 on July 22.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed 2,967 more people positive for the SARS-CoV-2-virus on July 22 morning, bringing the national tally to 71,144 since the pandemic hit the nation early last year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 19 sent a letter to his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen to express thanks to the Cambodian Government and people for providing help to Ho Chi Minh City in the fight against COVID-19.

Ho Chi Minh City is working on a COVID-19 vaccination plan for consular officers and foreigners in the city.

Many wet markets in Ho Chi Minh City will be reopened, while ensuring all COVID-19 preventive measures in place, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Nguyen Phuong.

VOV.VN - A group featuring 105 collectives, businesses, and individuals in Ho Chi Minh City have registered to contribute more than VND2,293 billion in support of the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment in the southern city’s ongoing battle against the virus.