Long said that the vaccine, supplied by COVAX Facility via the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), will be distributed to all agencies and localities to speed up the vaccination programme.

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The official affirmed that the ministry has been seeking other sources of vaccines and implementing comprehensive measures to ensure safe vaccination.

As of May 13, 62 localities nationwide have completed their vaccination plans with more than 942,030 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine injected into frontline medical staff, people involving in Covid-19 prevention and control activities as well as military and public security officers.

Vietnam has documented 2,213 domestically-transmitted infections and 1,445 imported cases so far. As many as 643 new cases were recorded since the latest outbreak hit the nation on April 27.

All employees in enterprises with Covid-19 infections must have samples taken for testing

(BGO) – The Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People's Committee has requested businesses with confirmed Covid-19 cases (F0) and people having close contact with F0 (F1), enterprises in the Van Trung Industrial Park, and those with a high risk of Covid-19 infection to take samples of all of their employees for testing.

34 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday morning

34 new cases, including one imported and 33 local: Hà Nội (1), National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (4) Vĩnh Phúc (13), Đà Nẵng (7), Bắc Giang (6), Lạng Sơn (1), Nam Định (1), all in locked down areas. 

Vietnam Covid-19 domestic tally up by 27

The Health Ministry announced Tuesday evening 27 new Covid-19 community transmissions in areas already under lockdown or isolation.

Bac Giang: Many people join hands in Covid-19 fight

(BGO) – In accompany with the local authorities and people in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, many organization, agencies and enterprises in the northern province of Bac Giang have donated necessities for quarantined cases and competent forces.

Digital Covid-19 epidemiological map system handed over to Bac Giang

(BGO) – The Hanoi-based Sao Mai Trading and Finance Joint Stock Company handed over a digital Covid-19 epidemiological map system (Covidmaps) to Bac Giang province on May 10.

Source: NDO