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Laos has yet to apply “vaccine passport”: Health Ministry

June 18, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

A young man receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab at a hospital in Vientiane (Photo: VNA)

Vientiane (VNA) – All people entering Laos, even those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, still have to follow preventive measures and quarantine for 14 days, announced the country’s Ministry of Health.

Director General of the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion under the Lao Ministry of Health , Phonepaseuth Ounaphom, said that as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not given any recommendations on reducing quarantine time, the country will continue to apply WHO’s current guidelines.

It means that Laos has not considered the implementation of the “vaccine passport”.

Meanwhile, people having received two COVID-19 vaccine shots in the country for at least one month are allowed to travel from Vientiane capital to other localities without a two-week quarantine.

According to the Health Ministry, Laos reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on June 18, including seven domestic ones detected in the capital city.

The national count reached 2,047, with three fatalities./.

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Vietnam confirms 62 more Covid-19 patients, Firday tally rises to 264

June 18, 2021 by dtinews.vn

An additional 62 more Covid-19 infections has been recorded in Vietnam as of Friday evening, raising the daily counts to 264 and the total number of patients in the country to 12,414, the Ministry of Health has reported.

According to the ministry’s report, 59 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 19 in Bac Giang, 30 in Ho Chi Minh City, six in Bac Ninh, three in Ha Tinh, and one in Hoa Binh.

The 19 cases in Bac Giang were recorded at some local industrial parks which have reported a large outbreak over the last few weeks.

As of Friday evening, 9,172 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27, including 5,083 in the virus epicentre of Bac Giang. The outbreak has so far spread to 40 cities and provinces nationwide.

Three imported patients are all Vietnamese people who recently returned from Cambodia and Japan. They were sent to quarantine areas in Tay Ninh and Quang Nam provinces upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 12,414 including 10,742 locally-transmitted cases.

As of 6 pm on June 18, a total of 4,733 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far there have been 62 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, over 170,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

On June 17, an additional 200,263 people were given Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, raising the total number of vaccine doses used in the country to 1,991,059. The number of people who have received two doses has risen to 89,833.

Safety goes first in vaccination: Health Minister

June 18, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health always takes safety first when it comes to vaccination against not only COVID-19 but also other diseases, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long told the press on June 17. nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive , the biggest in the nation’s history, Long said it will be conducted in all localities with the deployment of mobile vaccination stations and application of information technology, and see the participation of all ministries and sectors.

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Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long (Photo: VNA)

He said the ministry has made a report to the Politburo and Government on the procurement of 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and on the conduction of the upcoming large-scale vaccination.

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Nearly 1.7 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine arrive in Vietnam

May 16, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

The vaccine will be preserved at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for examination before distribution to localities for the third phase of vaccination. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam received the second shipment of 1.682 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses through COVAX Facility – the global vaccine access mechanism on May 16 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health.

The batch will be preserved at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for examination before distribution to localities for the third phase of vaccination .

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrived the country on April 1.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that the ministry has spared no efforts to seek vaccine sources for the nation, and around 110 million doses will be supplied for Vietnam this year, 38.9 million doses of which are from COVAX Facility, 30 million from AstraZeneca, and 31 million from Pfizer/BioNTech.

Furthermore, the ministry has registered to buy additional 10 million doses through COVAX under the cost share mechanism.

Negotiations are underway to purchase more vaccines from Moderna, Johnson&Johnson, CureVac, Spunik V and Sinopharm, helping diversify vaccine source to serve the locals, he added.

Currently, four Vietnamese vaccines are under development, produced by Nagogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), Vaccine and Biological Production Company No. 1 (Vabiotech) and the Center for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals (Polyvac).

Vietnam begun its inoculation campaign on March 8. As of May 15, as many as 977,032 frontline medical workers and members of the community-based anti-COVID-19 groups received COVID-19 vaccine shots./.

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Ho Chi Minh City to kick off largest-ever COVID-19 vaccination drive on weekend

June 18, 2021 by tuoitrenews.vn

A mass coronavirus inoculation drive with over 800,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses will be carried out in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday at around 1,000 vaccination points, a high-ranking health official has said.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son made the statement on Thursday when he joined the municipal Pasteur Institute to inspect the storage of 836,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine jabs having been allocated by the central government to the city.

These doses, developed by British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, are among nearly one million shots of the vaccine the Japanese government donated to Vietnam on Wednesday.

This allocation reflected a priority the government and the National Vaccine Steering Board has given to the nine-million-strong city to help it expand the immunization coverage and thereby drive back the increasing COVID-19 spread, which has so far affected the entire southern city, Deputy Minister Son said.

The vaccine doses underwent required tests lasting for 48 hours at the Vaccine Testing Institute for safety certification before use, the deputy minister said.

This supplied photo shows the AstraZeneca vaccine shipment upon its arrival in the Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi on late June 16, 2021.

This supplied photo shows the AstraZeneca vaccine shipment upon its arrival at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on June 16, 2021.

The vaccination drive is expected to start on Saturday at 1,000 points of inoculation citywide and will last for five or seven days, making it the largest-ever mass COVID-19 immunization in the city.

The inoculation will be intended for priority subjects designated by the government and others including essential service providers, teachers, health workers, people working at administrative agencies, people over 65 years old, and workers at industrial parks and export processing zones.

Each point will vaccinate 200 people per day, which means a total of 200,000 people can receive injections per day.

City authorities have drawn up a plan to mobilize all possible health workers and facilities for the mass inoculation, the deputy minister said, adding that lists of vaccination must be made available within Friday.

“It is a principle that this mass immunization is conducted quickly but must ensure absolute safety for vaccinated people,” Son requested.

Ho Chi Minh City health authorities recently reported that around 11,000 locals have been vaccinated since June 3, bringing the total number of inoculated people to about 84,000 since the city began its immunization program on March 8.

Nationwide, nearly two million vaccine shots had been administered and 90,000 people had received the full two doses by Thursday, according to the health ministry’s data.

The ministry confirmed 121 new coronavirus cases at noon on Friday, including 119 domestic and two imported cases, of which 59 were detected Ho Chi Minh City.

The new cases have taken the Southeast Asian country’s tally of patients to 12,352, including 62 deaths, since early 2020.

Since April 27, when the pandemic’s fourth wave appeared in Vietnam, the country has documented 9,114 domestic infections.

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JUNE 18: Vietnam plans 50,000 Covid-19 infections scenario

June 18, 2021 by hanoitimes.vn

A health official said the healthcare system is capable of coping with the rising infections.

Vietnam has built a scenario of having 50,000 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 as the fresh outbreak continues sweeping 41 out of 63 cities and provinces.

Vietnam’s Covid-19 infections. Source: MoH. Chart: Minh Vu

The current health system for Covid-19 treatment works well and it would be capable to treat more, said Associate Prof. Luong Ngoc Khue, head of the Ministry of Health (MoH)’s Administration of Medical Examination and Treatment.

“To that extent, we totally bring the pandemic under control,” he told Zing .

Before, Vietnam built a 30,000-infection scenario and has got ready for the situation by preparing both facilities and manpower.

Khue said that the ratio of Covid-19 patient with mild symptoms in Vietnam is about 65-70% [of 30,000 cases]. It means that around 7,000-8,000 patients with moderate symptoms need health supervision and treatment like high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy. Roughly 5-7% of the total or 1,500 patients classified severe need intensive care like ventilator support, central oxygen supply, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

The health sector has also built makeshift hospitals which are equipped with intensive care units (ICU) in many localities nationwide to get ready for the treatment of higher infections. In addition, the MoH is making efforts to improve emergency and resuscitation capacity at grassroots levels to offer better treatment of Covid-19 patients, he said.

So far, Vietnam has recorded 12,414 confirmed cases, including 9,173 detected in the ongoing outbreak that flared up in late April.

Five localities having the highest infections are Bac Giang (5,083), Bac Ninh (1,470), Ho Chi Minh City (1,346), Hanoi (464), and Danang (158).

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son. Photo: Duy Hieu/Zing

At present, Ho Chi Minh City is facing the complication as some transmission sources that remain unknown and the community transmission likely happens in the time to come. Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son who leads a Standing Task Force in the city said if the infections approach 5,000, the city will build a makeshift hospital in Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium.

“The current options for isolation and treatment have been made and there are no sudden changes or changes in plans. If Ho Chi Minh City has more than 1,000 cases but is still under control, there is no need for city-wide social distancing,” Son told local media.

The city is on the two-week social distancing extension.

Regarding the inoculation, the National Standing Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on June 18 asked the MoH to speed up the vaccine purchase, vaccination, and domestic production.

Vietnam plans to offer both free and paid vaccination. The list of priority groups include health workers and frontline forces; Vietnamese diplomats abroad; customs and state officials working in immigration service; armed forces; essential service providers; teachers and state employees of frequent contact with others; people with underlying diseases and those aged above 65; people in pandemic-hit areas; the poor and beneficiaries; and people in overseas missions.

The country targets to reach the herd immunity by the year-end, according to the MoH.