Following HCMC are Binh Duong with 281 new cases and Dong Nai with 75. The remaining cases were recorded in another 18 provinces and cities. Among the new cases, 2,226 were contained within quarantine centers or lockdown areas.

A medical staff vaccinates a citizen in HCMC on June 19, 2021.

The HCMC Disease Control Center also registered another 626 cases on the Covid-19 national system that have been previously detected in the quarantine centers but have not been confirmed until now.

The new cases have raised the tally of the ongoing wave in HCMC to 29,081.

The local tally since the new wave started in late April is 47,343 cases in 58 provinces and cities.

Over 27,000 were vaccinated on Saturday. So far, the number of vaccinated people is more than 4.2 million.

Art prodigy auctions paintings to raise funds for Covid workers

A painting exhibition by prodigy Xeo Chu will seek to raise money for frontline Covid-19 workers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's current pandemic hotspot.

Bac Giang vows to not let businesses suffer damage from any Covid-19 case

(BGO) - Over the past month, a series of enterprises based outside industrial parks in Bac Giang province are focusing on restoring production and business activities. However, some businesses have not controlled the Covid-19 pandemic well, increasing the risk of coronavirus spreading.

Vietnam's domestic Covid case count rises by 1,438

The Health Ministry announced 1,438 local Covid-19 patients in 18 localities Friday morning, led by Ho Chi Minh City.

HCMC hunts escaped death row convict with Covid-19

HCMC police are looking for a 27-year-old death row convict infected with the Covid-19 virus who has escaped from the prison.

Over 2,600 Chinese in Bac Giang vaccinated against Covid-19

(BGO) – On July 7, the Department of Health instructed to inoculate Covid-19 vaccine to Chinese currently working and living in Bac Giang province.

Source: VnExpress