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Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National
Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam has asked
localities to do their best to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading in factories,
especially at
During an online meeting with permanent members of COVID-19 prevention
and control steering committees and leaders of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces
and Da Nang city on May 12, Dam hailed their efforts in responding swiftly and
responsibly to the pandemic.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
The Deputy PM noted that Vietnam is now home to 369 IPs and nearly 30
Vietnam recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases on May 12 afternoon, with all in quarantine areas and no new outbreaks detected, according to the Health Ministry.
Vietnam has exerted sound control over the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, particularly at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases and the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (Hospital K), Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen affirmed at a May 12 online working session with the two medical facilities, which have been hotspots during this outbreak.
At the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van
Thuan received 10,000 sets of
COVID-19 testing kits donated by the Ampharco
U.S.A Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company at a ceremony held in Hanoi on May 12.
Speaking at the event, Thuan lauded the company’s success in
using the technology from the
Licensed by the Ministry of Health to circulate under
Decision No. 2263/QD-BYT issued on May 7, the
Ampharco U.S.A’s AmphaBio HT-
Hithroughput PCR COVID-19 kit can detect most of the current coronavirus
variants. As a joint product between the firm and the university, it has been
Thirty-four new cases of COVID-19, including 33 local infections and one imported, were recorded in Vietnam in the 12 hours as of 6am on May 12, according to the Ministry of Health.