Four more COVID-19 patients in Gia Lai discharged from hospital
Four more COVID-19 patients in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai were declared on February 23 to have fully recovered, raising the total number of recoveries in the locality to five.
Hanoi (VNA) - Four more COVID-19 patients in the Central Highlandsprovince of Gia Lai were declared on February 23 to have fully recovered,raising the total number of recoveries in the locality to five.
The four people will continue to be quarantinedat home for the next 14 days, as regulated.
The province now has 22 active patients instable health conditions. Many have tested negative for the coronavirus twiceor three times.
Gia Lai detected no new infections fromFebruary 12 to the morning of February 23. A total of 47,400 samples weretaken, of which 27 tested positive, while 733 are still awaiting results.
On the same day, Chairwoman of the People’s Committeeof northern Bac Ninh province Nguyen Huong Giang asked departments and sectorsto build different pandemic prevention and control scenarios for any emergencies.
The province has reported five COVID-19patients since January 28, of whom two were given the all-clear and three have testednegative twice.
Over 11,000 people are currently underquarantine in Bac Ninh, including 122 at medical facilities, 360 atconcentrated quarantine establishments, over 1,100 at hotels, and nearly 10,000at home./.
The latest COVID-19 outbreaks in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have been basically kept under control, it was reported at an online meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and representative of the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the provincial People’s Committee on February 4.
Ho Chi Minh City on February 10 documented one more COVID-19 infection related to the Tan Son Nhat International Airport hotspot, the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) said.
In the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 12, Vietnam recorded two more cases of COVID-19, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
All people living in Hanoi with recent travel history to COVID-19-hit regions of 12 localities must self-quarantine and test for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, announced the municipal Department of Health on February 18.
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The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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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.
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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.
Disinfecting a building in Gia Lai (Photo: VNA) 
