VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to request for the approval of narrowing the gap between doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from six weeks to between eight and 12 weeks.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) is considering mixing the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine with others due to a general shortage of the US-produced vaccine in the country.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has requested that Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and other major coronavirus hotspots in the southern region vaccinate all of their residents aged above 18, including pregnant women, with at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot by September 15.
Ho Chi Minh City is piloting the use of a mobile app developed by military-run telecom group Viettel to continuously monitor close contacts with COVID-19 patients, or F1 cases, who are under home quarantine.
VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded a high number of COVID-19 patients in a critical condition, with 172 cases labelled as severely ill, and 13 relying on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a life support therapy given to critically-ill patients.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported the detection of 100 fresh cases of COVID-19, including 95 domestic cases and 5 imported infections at midday on June 22.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed a further 241 more local COVID-19 cases on June 2, with Bac Giang province and Ho Chi Minh City reporting the most at 157 and 31.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has received VND160 billion in donations from various local banks as funding for the purchase of additional novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses.
Vietnam had a total 84,411 dengue fever cases to report in the first 10 months of 2020, with 13 fatalities, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on October 29 decided to establish seven working groups to address post-flooding environmental issues, promote disease prevention, and offer nutrition consultation to seven central provinces which were hit by recent storms and floods.