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A traffic police officer inspects a motorcyclist in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Minh Hoa / Tuoi Tre
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COVID-19 Updates The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Wednesday morning confirmed 905 local COVID-19 infections, including 666 cases in Ho Chi Minh City, raising the national tally to 35,409, with 9,553 recoveries and 132 deaths. Tang Nhon Phu A and Long Thanh My Wards in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City, where more than 78,000 people are living, will be placed under lockdown for COVID-19 prevention from 12:00 pm on Wednesday. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son on Tuesday approved the pilot scheme of quarantining asymptomatic COVID-19 patients at home in Ho Chi Minh City.
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He said under the Party leadership and with joint efforts of the Government and authorities at all levels and people, Vietnam has
basically contained the pandemic.
Chinh said the new locally-transmitted infections were partially
due to the lax attitude of many localities, authorities, Party organisations
and people, plus the long holidays.
The leader stressed the need to stay calm and keep a cool head to assess the situation and take suitable methods, thus fulfilling the goals of socio-economic development and COVID-19 combat.
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Technological measures
should be stepped up in the pandemic fight, he said, emphasising the importance
Main interface of the Medical Services Administration s website on stroke prevention and control (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The
Medical Services Administration
(MSA) in collaboration with Bayer Vietnam, launched a website on stroke prevention
and control on May 6.
The website is an electronic information channel on stroke prevention and
control for patients and the community under the framework of a cooperation
programme on “Strengthening awareness of the community on stroke prevention and
control for 2021 - 2023 between the MSA and
Strokes or cerebral vascular accidents are the most common cause of death in Vietnam.
Each year Vietnam has about 200,000 stroke cases, of which about 50 percent are
A passenger has body temperature checked before coming into a bus station in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 46 new
COVID-19 infections,
including 40 domestic and six imported cases, in the past 12 hours to 6pm on
May 7, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.
The domestic infections were detected in the capital city of
Hanoi (24), the northern provinces of Hai Duong (1), Dien Bien (1), Ha Nam (1),
Hung Yen (4), Nam Dinh (1), Phu Tho (1), Vinh Phuc (1) and central province of Nghe
An (1) and central Da Nang city (5).
The new patients brought the total number of infections in
Vietnam to 3,137, including 1,731 domestic cases. Of them, 161 cases have been