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Hospitals have increased testing capacity following new infections. Photo: Le Toan
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a government meeting on May 5 said that the country needs to have a new approach in prevention and fight against the pandemic as events develop in Vietnam and regional nations. âThe spirit should be switched from a state of prevention to active fighting, while ensuring harmony between prevention and fight to ensure the highest possible efficacy,â he explained.
The PM also requested accelerated application of advanced technology, stronger anti-pandemic measures, and more vaccine imports and wide-scale vaccinations, with priority given to frontline and high-risk subjects.
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COVID-19: 30 cases reported on May 11 afternoon
Vietnam documented 30 cases of COVID-19 during the past six hours to 6pm on May 11, with three imported cases and 27 cases among people being quarantined, according to the Health Ministry.
No new clusters were detected in the period.
The national count rose to 3,537, including 528 reported since April 27.
The number of recovered patients reached 2,618. Among active patients, 25 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 17 twice and 25 thrice.
A total 67,877 people are being quarantined nationwide, with 1,018 in hospitals, 27,641 in designated facilities and 39,218 in their places of residence./.
Residents of Mão Điền Commune, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province, had samples collected for COVID-19 testing throughout Friday night after more than a dozen cases were found. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Thương HÀ NỘI The domestic outbreak of COVID-19 grew on Saturday as the northern localities of Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh and Nam Định recorded more than 20 community infections this morning. Hà Nội saw eight new locally transmitted cases, including two direct contacts in Hà Đông District of a woman in Bắc Ninh Province who came into close contact with positive cases found at the cluster involving the Kim Chung facility of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Đông Anh District, Hà Nội.
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