Category: Health
Countries switch to safely co-existing with COVID-19 to enable economic recovery
As of Friday afternoon, the world had recorded more than 240 million COVID-19 cases, 4.9 million of them fatal, according to worldometers.info. The US continues…
Female entrepreneurs learn to improve digital skills to recover from COVID-19
Female entrepreneurs on Friday attended the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Forum 2021 in Hanoi which was aimed at strengthening women’s economic power through supporting women-owned businesses…
Health Ministry approves Covid-19 vaccination for teenagers
The Health Ministry has decided to expand Covid-19 vaccination target groups to teenagers from 16 to 17 first and then later to the younger group depending on vaccine supplies and the pandemic situation. They will get two jabs of the same vaccines appr…
Global COVID-19 infections reach 240 million, countries plan reopening borders
240 million COVID-19 infections were reported globally by Thursday noon, 4.9 million of them died, according to worldometers.info. There were 436,000 new cases in the last 24 hours. The US tops the world in the number of infections (45.5 million) and f…
COVID-19: Vietnam reports 719 recoveries on Thursday
Vietnam recorded 3,092 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 4 imported, a drop of 370 cases compared to the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health. HCM City still recorded the highest number of infections with 909, followed by neighbouri…
WHO establishes new group to study COVID origins
The World Health Organization on Wednesday announced a new committee to investigate the origins of the current pandemic and prevent potential outbreaks in the future.26 experts from the new Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of novel pathogens w…
Hanoi confirms nine local infections of coronavirus on October 11
Hanoi confirmed nine new COVID-19 cases on October 11, reported the municipal Department of Health.The new infections related to the cluster at the Vietnam-German Friendship Hospital. Five were found in Hoan Kiem district, one each in Thuong Tin, Soc …
Latvia to resell 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Vietnam
The Parliament of Latvia (Saeima) has announced that it will resell 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam. This is in response…
Vietnam’s daily COVID-19 infections drop by 1,000
The Ministry of Health said that from 5pm on Saturday to 5pm on Sunday, Vietnam recorded 3,528 new COVID-19 cases, down 999 cases compared to…
Vietnam records 4,513 cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours
The Ministry of Health said that from 5pm on Friday to 5pm on Saturday, Vietnam recorded 4,513 new infections: 1 imported case and 4,512 domestic…