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HCMC rolls out large-scale vaccination campaign today By Minh Duy A worker of FPT Software at Saigon Hi-Tech Park in Thu Duc City gets a shot of Covid-19 vaccine - PHOTO: D.T HCMC - HCMC this morning, June 19, started a large-scale Covid-19 vaccination campaign at Saigon Hi-tech Park in Thu Duc City, with some 1,000 doses to be administered to workers at FPT Software and Nipro2 today. Speaking at the vaccination kickoff ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said that HCMC is a key city in Vietnam, playing an important economic and political role in the country. However, the city is currently one of the largest coronavirus hotspots in the latest wave of Covid-19, so as soon as receiving some one million doses from Japan, the national steering committee for Covid-19 infection prevention and control decided to allocate 836,000 doses to the city, he added. Deputy PM Binh said that as these doses only met part of the city’s need, they would be given to the … [Read more...] about HCMC rolls out large-scale vaccination campaign today

City Party Chief Nguyen Van Nen is vaccinated in the drive (Photo: SGGP) Central and municipal leaders at the vaccination drive launch (Photo: SGGP) The launching ceremony for the drive was held at FPT Software Company in the Hi-Tech Park in Thu Duc City this morning with the participation of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, HCMC Party Chief Nguyen Van Nen, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long , Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung and the Japanese Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City, Watanabe Nobuhiro. An employee of FPT is vaccinated (Photo: SGGP) An employee of FPT is vaccinated (Photo: SGGP) The mass vaccination drive is scheduled to finish before June 27 with 200,000 people a day. Speaking at the ceremony, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh reiterated that from April 27 to now, the Southeast Asian country has entered the fourth wave of Covid-19 and Ho Chi Minh City recorded more than 1,100 cases. Mr. Binh … [Read more...] about HCMC’s largest-ever Covid-19 vaccination drive starts with 500 employees

On Friday, following a near three-week social distancing order in Ho Chi Minh City, the southern metropolis recorded the highest daily infections ever, 149, after 137 on Thursday. The city is standing third among affected localities in the ongoing wave, which broke out April 27, with more than 1,400 cases. It has not been able to identify the sources for 11 of its total 14 existing clusters. In more than a few cases, they are frontline medical workers, state officials and factory workers. A company of 791 employees at Tan Tao Industrial Park in Binh Tan District has recorded at least 26 infections. The cluster was detected on June 15 after two workers had medical examinations at a local hospital and were found infected. Binh Tan on Friday afternoon put the People’s Committee office of An Lac Ward under lockdown after a staff member was found having contracted the new coronavirus. The ward hosts the Ehome residential building, currently a cluster of at least 69 infections. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 attacks HCMC state offices, hospitals

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh inspects COVID-19 vaccination at FPT Software Co. Ltd. in HCM City  (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign with 786,000 doses distributed to Ho Chi Minh City kicked off on June 19. Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh praised tireless efforts of local officials and people in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, especially unanimous cooperation of local residents with the municipal authorities to effectively cope with the health crisis. 5K message , comprising khau trang (face masks), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distancing), khong tu tap (no gatherings), and khai bao y te (health declarations). COVID-19 outbreaks, so the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control decided to immediately allocate 786,000 doses out of 1 million doses of vaccine donated by Japan to the city. … [Read more...] about HCM City kicks off largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign

A hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Cambodia's Ministry of Health said on June 18 that the country recorded 799 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, of which 702 are infections in the community. The new cases brought the total number of COVID-19 infections in Cambodia to 41,581, including 35,940 recoveries and 394 deaths. Based on the new regional classification effective from June 21, the red zones of maximum control include the capital city of Bangkok and three neighboring provinces, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan. The other eleven provinces in the red zone are Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, Trang, Nakhon Pathom, Pattani, Phetchaburi, Songkhla, Samut Sakhon, Saraburi, Yala and Narathiwat. The CCSA also declared nine "orange" provinces including Chanthaburi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ayutthaya, Ranong, Rayong, Ratchaburi, Sa Kaeo and Samut Songkhram, while the remaining 53 provinces are … [Read more...] about COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia countries still sees complicated developments