Imported cases

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi – Three new imported cases of COVID-19 were detected on September 17, raising the national count to 1,066, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The three new patients arrived in Noi Bai airport in Hanoi on a flight from Uzbekistan on September 2 and were quarantined immediately after arrival. They were negative for SARS-CoV-2 in the first test taken on September 3 and 4, but the result of their second tests on September 15 and 16 turned positive. On September 17, four more patients were declared to have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 940. The fatalities remain at 35. Among patients under treatment, 14 have tested negative once, 7 negative twice and 19 negative thrice. Meanwhile, three patients are in very critical conditions. A total 30,653 people are being quarantined across the country, with 454 at hospitals, 15,120 at designated facilities and 15,079 … [Read more...] about Three imported cases of COVID-19 reported on September 17

Illustrative image (Photo: AFP/VNA) Singapore (VNA): Singapore reported 1,939 new COVID-19 cases on September 26, a daily record since the start of the pandemic and marking the sixth consecutive day new infections have exceeded the 1,000 mark. Of the new cases, 417 were people above the age of 60. There were also five imported cases, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in an update released to the media at about 11pm. The same day, the country also recorded two more fatalities, taking the national death toll to 78. There have been 23 deaths in September so far, a new monthly record. The number of deaths tended to increase when Singapore opened on August 10, with a total of 23 cases in September, compared with 18 cases in August. Singapore has mobilized additional personnel from the Singapore Air Force (SAF) and the People's Association (PA) to support patients receiving treatment at home. From September 27, Singapore began to tighten social distancing measures, … [Read more...] about Singapore reports record COVID-19 cases in a day

Việt Nam reports 9,362 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including 20 imported cases and 9,342 local cases. The local cases are in Hồ Chí Minh City (4,134), Bình Dương (3,793), Đồng Nai (616), Long An (190), An Giang (131), Tây Ninh (80), Kiên Giang (73), Tiền Giang (58), Cần Thơ (56), Hà Nam (54), Bình Thuận (32), Khánh Hòa (26), Bình Định (21), Quảng Bình (15), Đồng Tháp (14), Phú Yên (11), Ninh Thuận (9), Kon Tum (5), Cà Mau (4), Bắc Giang (4), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (4), Nghệ An (3), Quảng Ngãi (3), Quảng Trị (3), Vĩnh Long (3), Quảng Nam (3), Đắk Nông (3), Trà Vinh (2), Gia Lai (2), Bến Tre (2), Quảng Ninh (2), Bình Phước (1), Đà Nẵng (1), Thanh Hóa (1), Vĩnh Phúc (1), Hà Nội (1). Among these, 4,453 cases are detected in the community. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam reports 9,362 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday

A QR code to submit health declarations on a stall in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — A further 9,362 COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam on Monday, bringing the national tally to 766,051 cases. Another 174 COVID-19 deaths were also announced. The majority of these deaths were in HCM City, with 122 deaths. Total deaths now stand at 18,758. Việt Nam's mortality rate is 0.4 per cent higher than the world’s average, which stands at 2 per cent. The Ministry of Health also announced there are currently more than 4,100 COVID-19 patients considered seriously ill. 29 of these are being treated with ECMO. Of the new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, 20 were imported while 9,342 cases were locally transmitted – a decrease of 669 cases compared to Sunday. Among the new local infections, HCM City again recorded the highest with 4,134, followed by the southern provinces of Bình Dương (3,793) and Đồng Nai (616). Other cases were found in Long An … [Read more...] about COVID-19 cases and deaths fall on Monday

Facebook has expressed outrage over the misuse of its data as Cambridge Analytica, the British firm at the centre of a major scandal rocking the social media giant AFP/LOIC VENANCE The proposed class-action complaint filed late Tuesday (Mar 20) night by Lauren Price, a Maryland resident, is the first of what could be many lawsuits seeking damages over Facebook's ability to protect user data, and Cambridge Analytica's exploitation of that data to benefit President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. "Every Facebook user has an interest in this lawsuit, and the enforcement of their privacy rights," John Yanchunis, a lawyer for Price, said in a phone interview on Wednesday. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, several hours after Facebook was blamed in a shareholder lawsuit filed in nearby San Francisco for the drop in its stock price after the data harvesting was revealed. Nearly US$50 billion of market value was wiped out in two days. Facebook … [Read more...] about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica sued in US by users over data harvesting

The draft document that guides how to adapt to Covid-19 safely strives for ‘zero Covid’ goal, not ‘living together with the pandemic’, the business community says. Representatives of eight associations of enterprises in key industries in the economy have sent a petition to the Prime Minister, suggesting opinions to the Ministry of Health's (MOH) draft guidance on adapting to Covid-19 safely. Businesses commented that the five criteria set by MOH are clear and scientific for assessing risk levels. However, the draft only gives general guidance, and doesn’t take into account the differences of the regions in the country. Therefore, the criteria are not flexible enough. Meanwhile, some tentative regulations aim at ‘zero covid’, not ‘living together with Covid’. According to the associations, the draft sets very tight control on pandemic zones and requires too much testing even when people are fully vaccinated, which is not necessary. If referring to the criterion about … [Read more...] about Businesses say Health Ministry’s guidance on ‘living together with pandemic’ is inflexible