The Government will continue to provide the most optimal conditions for Ho Chi Minh City and pandemic-hit localities to stamp out COVID-19 and promptly resume production, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has asked for more medical staff to support its COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, began a week-long disinfection campaign on July 23 over an initial 3,000ha area and 1,000-km road as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - As many as 8,468 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged from hospital in Ho Chi Minh City since the resurgence of the virus in late April, according to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC)

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.