It had immunized nearly 94 percent of its 238,300 residents by the end of last month, according to its chairman, Hoang Minh Tuan Anh.

The single-day death rate has fallen from four to five a day in Aug. 23 to two now.

Medical staff look at a computer screen inside HCMC's No.16 Field Hospital in District 7 on August 7, 2021.

The district achieved this by having 600 beds available for Covid-19 treatment in early May, triple the number recommended by the city, which allowed it to isolate 1,541 patients immediately.

It has 34 mobile medical stations with two to three nurses each which have provided assistance to over 1,000 people.

Anh said District 7 would continue with widespread testing and vaccinate everyone fully by the end of this month.

HCMC, home to 13 million people with 22 districts, seeks to control the outbreak before September 15, bringing the death tally down further and having less than 2,000 people admitted to hospitals every day.

It also wants to vaccinate 70 percent of people aged 18, giving 15 percent of the second shot too.

It has had nearly 232,600 Covid cases since the end of April, 5,963 on Thursday alone.

HCMC homeless people get vaccinated

Nearly 100 homeless people in HCMC's District 4 have been vaccinated against Covid-19, two days after being offered shelter.

HCMC factories can continue stay-at-work under tightened restrictions

The HCMC EPZ and IP Authority (HEPZA) has informed factories implementing the stay-at-work model that they can continue operations amidst the tightened restrictions that start Monday.

HCMC woman detained for running vaccination ring charging $175 a shot

A woman in HCMC was detained Sunday for offering Covid-19 vaccination to dozens of people and charging up to VND4 million ($175.90) a pop.

1,000 troops, medicos on their way to HCMC, provinces to help contain Covid

A contingent of around 1,000 soldiers and military doctors will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City between Saturday and Monday to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bac Giang to pick up 500 citizens affected by Covid-19 from HCMC, Binh Duong and Dong Nai

(BGO) – The Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee has issued programme to pick up citizen affected by Covid-19 pandemic from Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong and Dong Nai province who are in urgent need to return to Bac Giang province.

Source: VnExpress