Acting Health Minister suggests greater concern needed in community about COVID-19
Acting Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long suggested increasing community concern about COVID-19 at a meeting of the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on August 14.
Acting Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Acting Health Minister NguyenThanh Long suggested increasing community concern about COVID-19 at a meetingof the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi onAugust 14.
Violations of COVID-19 prevention and control measuresmust be strictly punished, he added.
Regarding the situation in northern Hai Duong province,Long said Patient 867 was infected before July 30 and has had contact with manypeople.
He lauded Hai Duong city’s timely imposition of socialdistancing measures, saying the ministry will help it with contact tracing,quarantining, and testing.
Some 1,500 samples are expected to be taken each day inHai Duong for testing, he added.
Meanwhile, the situation in the central province ofQuang Nam continues to be problematic, as only nine of its 16 towns and districtshave imposed social distancing measures.
The disease is expected to be brought under control inthe locality at the end of this month, according to Long.
At the meeting, committee members agreed on the needto step up treatment in central Da Nang city and Quang Nam province, andsuggested the Prime Minister issue a new directive given the risk oftransmission in all localities, especially major urban areas.
Regarding the second phase of the high schoolgraduation exams, a representative from the Ministry of Education and Trainingsaid they will be held at the earliest possible date in line with thedevelopments of the disease.
As of 6am on August 14, Vietnam had reported 911COVID-19 cases, including 361 overseas cases quarantined upon arrival. Thedeath toll now stands at 21.
Some 172,080 people are under quarantine nationwide./.
Social distancing regulations have been imposed across Hai Duong city in the northern province of Hai Duong as from 0:00 on August 14 after three COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the locality.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Acting Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long (Photo: VNA) 
