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PM demands all forces focus on combating COVID-19
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded ministries, sectors, and localities reinforce all forces to ramp up the COVID-19 combat while addressing an unscheduled meeting with the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 19.
COVID-19: 2,161 new cases recorded, daily count rises to 4,195
VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed an additional 2,161 locally transmitted coronavirus cases in 23 cities and provinces nationwide and 19 more imported cases in four localities during the past 12 hours, raising its daily caseload to 4,195.
Hanoi launches extensive testing campaign as COVID-19 cases surge
VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi has begun carrying out an extensive testing campaign, starting on July 19, focusing on groups of people vulnerable to virus infection.
Hanoi to enforce urgent COVID-19 response measures from July 19
VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on July 18 evening signed an official dispatch No.15 on the enforcement of urgent measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic amid increasingly complicated developments of the virus across the nation.
National COVID-19 count crosses 51,000 after 2,472 new cases recorded
VOV.VN - The national infection tally rose to more than 51,000 after the Health Ministry confirmed a further 2,472 fresh cases of COVID-19, including 18 imported on July 18 morning, with Ho Chi Minh City continuing to suffer the most infections at 1,756.
HCM City coronavirus epicenter records 1,769 out of 2,106 new active cases
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the nation’s biggest coronavirus hotspot, recorded 1,769 further positive COVID-19 cases among 2,106, including one imported found across 18 localities, the Ministry of Health said in its July 17 morning update.
1,898 fresh COVID-19 cases raise daily tally to 3,336
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the detection of a further 1,898 new cases of COVID-19, including 15 imported infections on the afternoon of July 16, increasing the total daily infections to 3,336.
New anti-pandemic plan underway as southern localities take brunt of COVID-19 wave
VOV.VN - The latest wave of COVID-19 is anticipated to last longer than previous outbreaks, thereby adversely affecting the livelihoods of citizens and socio-economic development, particularly in the southern region, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.
HCM City must consider alternative if case numbers continue rising
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City should devise a new plan in the event that COVID-19 cases and fatalities continue to rise over the next week.
National tally surpasses 40,000 following detection of 1,438 new coronavirus cases
VOV.VN - An additional 1,438 domestic cases were recorded over the past 12 hours to 6 a.m on July 16 morning, with Ho Chi Minh accounting for the majority of the fresh cases with 1,071, said the Health Ministry.