VOV.VN - The rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for children should priotise high-risk areas, with the Health Ministry devising plans to distribute vaccines to localities based on the pandemic situation and the amount of vaccines needed to inoculate children aged 12 to 17.

VOV.VN - The country is poised to have 95% of its 8.1 million children aged between 12 and 17 years old vaccinated in the final quarter of the year, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Greater investment in the medical oxygen supply system must be determined as a long-term measure that can contribute to the ongoing COVID-19 battle whilst offering sustainable use after the pandemic, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on September 9 held virtual talks with Ma Xiaowei, Minister of the Chinese National Health Commission regarding COVID-19 prevention and control.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has assigned the Minister of Health to announce the encouragement of localities and organisations to procure vaccines against COVID-19.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long suggested localities adopt three-tiered COVID-19 treatment model to minimise fatality rate during a video teleconference (VTC) on August 13 morning.

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.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has proposed that the World Bank (WB) help Vietnamn research and produce its own COVID-19 vaccines.

VOV.VN - A total of 264 new cases of COVID-19, including 259 local transmissions, and five imported ones were detected on June 18 by the Ministry of Health, with Ho Chi Minh City suffering the highest number of infections at 149.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s health sector and administration are facing up to the significant challenge of attempting to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic amid a rapid rise in local cases, most of which have been detected in production areas and hospitals.