Friday, May 07, 2021, 16:39 GMT+7
Medical officers scramble to carry out COVID-19 testing in a lab at the Thai Binh Center for Disease Control in Thai Binh Province, Vietnam. Photo: Khanh Linh / Tuoi Tre
Authorities in Vietnam s Thai Binh Province have enforced social distancing rules in all of its districts since 12:00 pm on Thursday after local health officials confirmed five cases of coronavirus infection in the community within just a few hours.
The Thai Binh Party Committee convened an urgent meeting on Thursday to address the current COVID-19 situation.
All five cases can be linked to an infection cluster at the Dong Anh District branch of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, a central-level facility that treats COVID-19 patients in Hanoi.
Vietnam confirms 40 new domestic Covid-19 cases
By Le Nga May 7, 2021 | 09:01 pm GMT+7
Medical staff disinfect K Hospital in Hanoi on May 7, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh.
The Health Ministry confirmed 46 new Covid-19 cases Friday evening – 40 community transmissions and six imported infections.
The 40 community transmissions were recorded in Hanoi (24), Da Nang (5), Hung Yen (4), and one each in Hai Duong, Dien Bien, Ha Nam, Nghe An, Nam Dinh, Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc provinces.
In Hanoi, the 24 patients are linked either to the infected Chinese experts in Yen Bai Province or cases confirmed at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases and the K cancer hospital, both coronavirus hotspots in Hanoi.
National Cancer Hospital put under lockdown, more infections detected Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
07/05/2021 13:06 GMT+7
All three facilities of Vietnam s National Cancer Hospital, also known as K Hospital, in Hanoi were put under lockdown from 5:30am on May 7, after 10 COVID-19 infections were recorded in the hospital’s Tan Trieu facility.
K Hospital s Tan Trieu facility put under locdown
On May 6 evening, the capital city’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) also reported additional three cases, including two in Thuong Tin district and one in Dong Anh district.
The case in Dong Anh is related to the outbreak in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No.2, which was earlier put under lockdown on May 5.
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 7 Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
07/05/2021 13:58 GMT+7
Local youths mark 67 years of Dien Bien Phu victory
Youth Union members light candles to commemorate matyrs at the Cemetery A1 in Dien Bien Phu City on Thursday night on the 67th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (7/5/1954 - 7/5/2021).
The Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union Committee of the northwestern province of Điện Biên held a ceremony on May 6 to commemorate heroes and martyrs in celebration of the 67th anniversary of the victory of the Điện Biên Phủ Campaign.
Hanoi (VNA) - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, his deputies and leaders of
units at the Ministry of Health received COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine shots on May 6
morning at the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital.
Long,
54, along with three of his deputies – Tran Van Thuan, 51, Truong Quoc Cuong,
60, and Do Xuan Tuyen, 55 – remained at the hospital after the inoculations for
follow-up health monitoring. All of them said they felt fine after
receiving the injections.
The
minister said the global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX is expected to deliver another
1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca to Vietnam on May 10, as part of the
commitment to supply some 39 million doses within 2021 and early 2022 to