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Ba Ria-Vung Tau detects five Covid-19 cases after Indonesian sailor dies The Saigon Times Health care workers in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province take samples from residents for Covid-19 testing. Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province detected five positive Covid-19 cases, but there is no risk of community transmission – PHOTO: NLDO HCMC – After a sailor onboard an Indonesian cargo ship sailing in the waters off Vietnam's coast died, the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Center for Disease Control took samples from 20 other sailors onboard for Covid-19 testing and detected five positive cases. The provincial center said on February 24 that it has now taken samples from the five sailors for a second test and sent them to the HCMC-based Pasteur Institute. If the second test results come back positive, the ship will have to return to Indonesia. After the death of the sailor, the Ocean Amazing ship departing from Indonesia stopped in the Vietnamese waters on February 20 to bring his body into the mainland … [Read more...] about Ba Ria-Vung Tau detects five Covid-19 cases after Indonesian sailor dies

Lockdowns in all 33 areas in HCMC lifted The Saigon Times A security guard handles tape used to lock down on the 15th floor of the Carillon Apartment Building’s Block F in Tan Binh District, HCMC. The lockdowns in all 33 areas in the city have been lifted - PHOTO: PLO HCMC – The lockdown on the 15th floor of the Carillon Apartment Building’s Block F on Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Tan Binh District, the last location that was on lockdown in HCMC, was lifted on February 23. Thus, the lockdowns in all 33 areas in the city have been lifted. Nguyen Khac Nguyen, chairman of Ward 13, Tan Binh District, where the apartment building is located, said the move was made after all residents on the 15th floor had tested negative for Covid-19, the local media reported. Block F was blocked from February 9 as a Covid-19 patient, who is an employee of Vietnam Airlines, lives there. Three people living in the same apartment with the patient were placed under quarantine at the Cu Chi Field … [Read more...] about Lockdowns in all 33 areas in HCMC lifted

First doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine arrive in Vietnam The Saigon Times AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine. Vietnam today, February 24, received the first batch of the vaccine - PHOTO: VNVC HCMC – The first 117,600 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by British drugmaker AstraZeneca in association with the University of Oxford arrived at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC today, February 24, to meet the country’s high demand. A representative of Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC) said the batch was part of the 30 million doses of the vaccine that VNVC had earlier ordered. It signed a contract to import the vaccine with AstraZeneca last November, the local media reported. The Ministry of Health has facilitated VNVC to quickly import the vaccine as the pandemic has spread to 13 cities and provinces over the last 27 days. The ministry yesterday announced 11 groups of individuals who will be prioritized to receive the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, … [Read more...] about First doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine arrive in Vietnam

Schools in HCMC to be reopened on March 1 The Saigon Times A security guard checks the body temperature of a student. Students in HCMC will return to school on March 1 - PHOTO: PLO HCMC – More than 1.74 million students in HCMC will return to school from March 1 after a long break due to the resurgence of Covid-19. The municipal government made the decision on February 24, asking the Department of Education and Training to coordinate with the Department of Health to instruct schools to take measures to ensure safety for students and teachers, the local media reported. Schools must ask students and trainees returning to the city from Covid-19-hit areas or having visited these areas to make health declarations. Those who deliberately make dishonest health declarations or fail to comply with quarantine regulations will be addressed in line with the law. In addition, the municipal government required schools to direct their students, teachers and employees to declare … [Read more...] about Schools in HCMC to be reopened on March 1

Dead Japanese man in Hanoi diagnosed with new Covid-19 variant The Saigon Times A medical worker performs Covid-19 tests. A Japanese man who died in Hanoi City on February 13 was identified to be infected with a new variant of Covid-19 that has never been reported in Vietnam before – PHOTO: MOH HCMC – A Japanese man who died in Hanoi City on February 13 was identified to be infected with a new variant of Covid-19 that has never been reported in Vietnam before. Speaking at an online meeting on February 24, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that the new Covid-19 strain has become the fifth variant to be reported in Vietnam. Associate Professor Dr. Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor at the Center for Emergency Response to Public Health Events of Vietnam, said that the spread of the new strain is not too rapid. The Covid-19 strain appears mainly in South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and India, Phu added. Earlier, Vietnam had reported three variants of Covid-19, which … [Read more...] about Dead Japanese man in Hanoi diagnosed with new Covid-19 variant