This morning, Vietnam Border Guard, the Army Medical Department and Hospital 175 under the Ministry of Defense administered Covid-19 vaccine shots to border guards and staffs at border posts and gates in the Southern Province of Tay Ninh. As scheduled, 895 border guards will receive the vaccine.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee proposed an additional 6,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to organize the first immunization program for groups at high risk of contracting Covid-19.
International cooperation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and issues related to vaccines were discussed during Wednesday's meetings between Vietnamese health minister Nguyen Thanh Long and Chinese, Indian and Russian ambassadors.
The Dong Nai Province Department of Health took 12 Chinese immigrants to the concentrated isolation area of Dong Nai Medical College in Tan Bien Ward, Bien Hoa City.
The Vietnam Food Administration has warned of Botulinum toxin in canned food proposing related competent agencies to trace back the origin and stop sales of canned pate food.
As of present, 1,405 healthcare workers in HCMC have got Covid-19 vaccination shots. Almost people who have allergic reaction after getting vaccinated have been observed and recovered well.
A Chinese man and a Vietnamese woman who were found secretly come into Vietnam tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
Authority in the Southern Province of Binh Duong yesterday evening prompted a lockdown on the road D35 where a suspected Covid-19 positive Chinese man is living.
The Department of Preventive Medicine has received a letter from COVAX Facility informing the delayed coronavirus vaccine delivery to Vietnam, said the Ministry of Health yesterday evening.
Hanoi-based Medicine University Covid-19 yesterday continued human trial of Covivac vaccine developed by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) on 15 volunteers.
Black pepper price has increased lately due to shortage of supply, said deputy Chairman of the Chu Se Pepper Association Hoang Phuoc Binh in the Central-Highlands Province of Gia Lai yesterday.
Over 300 residents in the Central Province of Binh Dinh were poisoned including nine hospitalizations; therefore, authority in the province has jumped into investigation of the cause of the incident.