HANOI (Reuters): Vietnam s worst single-day coronavirus outbreak so far, its first for nearly two months, gatecrashed the Communist Party s carefully choreographed five-yearly congress on Thursday (Jan 28) - a major headache for a government that has prided itself on keeping the pandemic at bay.
After 83 new cases were detected in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, the health ministry massively ramped up testing and quarantine calls. It proposed halting all international flights as well as banning all large gatherings ahead of the Lunar New year holiday season, just two weeks away.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged calm and promised swift action at an urgently called meeting on the sidelines of the congress.
Thursday, 28 Jan 2021 04:27 PM MYT
Delegates of Bac Ninh province go out for lunch during the 13th national congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the National Convention Center, in Hanoi, Vietnam January 27, 2021. Reuters pic
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HANOI, Jan 28 Vietnam’s worst single-day coronavirus outbreak so far, its first for nearly two months, gatecrashed the Communist Party’s carefully choreographed five-yearly congress today – a major headache for a government that has prided itself on keeping the pandemic at bay.
After 83 new cases were detected in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, the health ministry massively ramped up testing and quarantine calls. It proposed halting all international flights as well as banning all large gatherings ahead of the Lunar New year holiday season, just two weeks away.
Vietnam mandates 14-day quarantine for all foreign experts, flight crew
By Nguyen Quy January 20, 2021 | 05:15 pm GMT+7
A South Korean expert carrying luggage arrives at a hotel in Hanoi for quarantine, November 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
All foreign experts and flight crew entering Vietnam will have to compulsorily undergo a 14-day centralized quarantine as Covid-19 prevention measures are strengthened ahead of Tet.
A government directive has stopped all short-term and home quarantine provisions. Earlier, allowances were made for some foreign experts and flight crew to be quarantined for less than 14 days or to be self-isolated at home or other accommodations, like dormitories, factories, hotels and offices.
Second Vietnam-produced COVID-19 vaccine to begin human trials soon Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
07/01/2021 10:09 GMT+7
The human trial of Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine will begin on January 21-22, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has stated.
Volunteers register to participate in NACOVAX trials
COVIVAC has been developed by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) based in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.
Volunteers will begin trials this month at the Hanoi Medical University in the capital. It has already been tested on rabbits and mice.
This is the second Vietnam-produced COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on human. The country is expected to start clinical trials on the third vaccine in March.
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3D honeycomb-shaped titanium alloy piece which is successfully transplanted into the leg of a patient suffering from bone cancer from Quang Ngai by HCM City s Cho Ray Hospital. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City
successfully performed surgery to replace a segment
of tibia in the leg of a patient suffering from
bone cancer with a 3D honeycomb-shaped titanium alloy piece.
According to Le Van Tuan, head of the orthopaedic
trauma department at the hospital, this is a completely
new technique and was successfully
applied for the first time at
Cho Ray Hospital in particular and in Vietnam in