VOV.VN - More than 45,000 people were hospitalised nationwide during the initial two days of public holidays, along with 786 deaths, of which 34 cases were traffic accident victims and seven were related to COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Services Administration and the UNICEF Child Protection Programme Division held a working session with leaders of hospitals under the management of the ministry and the Hanoi Health Department to develop social work services and care for the health and protection of children in hospitals.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 11 suggested the Ministry of Health (MoH) assign capable medical facilities to build medicine centres in six socio-economic regions nationwide, which will serve others when needed.

VOV.VN - The number of new COVID-19 cases across Vietnam has increased rapidly for the past week, with a six-fold spike from two months ago, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest statistics.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has so far recorded more than 24,000 cases of dengue fever, including three deaths, mainly in the southern region, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Policy advocacy will be promoted, along with efforts to call for financial and human resources for the prevention and control of malaria, parasitic and insect-transmitted diseases to successfully eliminate malaria in Vietnam by 2030, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Health and PATH, a global non-profit organisation on public health, in Hanoi on March 22.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has requested that localities across Vietnam strengthen supervision and ramp up preventive measures aimed at controlling the possible spread of Marburg disease if it breaks out in the country.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health sent a telegram on March 1 to various chairman of People's Committees at municipal and provincial levels regarding drastic measures aimed at preventing the H5N1 avian influenza from potentially spreading from poultry to humans.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has officially added COVID-19 to the list of occupational diseases, meaning that certain employees will be able to make social insurance payment claims if they contracted the coronavirus.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong has emphasised the necessity to strengthen supervision and take more samples for COVID-19 testing at border gates besides maintaining the current pandemic prevention and control measures as usual.