HCM City administers over 170,000 vaccine doses in fifth phase of vaccination drive
Ho Chi Minh City has administered 170,177 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the fifth phase of its inoculation drive, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc said.
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has administered 170,177 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the fifth phase of its inoculation drive, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc said.
The fifth phase, with 930,000 doses to be administered, willbe carried out at 20 hospitals, alongside 615 commune- and ward-basedvaccination sites. It is scheduled to complete in two weeks.
Out of those vaccinated, 189people had post-injection reactions, but all of them were mild and treatedby doctors. Post-injection reactions were mainly seen among people aged over 65with underlying medical conditions. No serious reactions have been reported.
Ho Chi Minh City has tasked 606 injecting teams and the vaccination rate reached 60 percent of the expected capacity. Accordingto Duc, from July 27, the vaccination rate will beincreased up to 100,000 people per day. With this rate, the city isexpected to complete the 5th phase of its vaccination drive in about 10 days.
On July 25, HCM City had 2,115 more patientsdischarged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recoveries in the city since the beginning of the epidemic to 14,704people. In particular, on the afternoon of July 26, 17 seriously ill patientswere given the all-clear.
🍬 On July 26, the city had 5,997 cases of COVID-19, the highest number recorded in a day./.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of Ho Chi Minh City said on July 22 that it had sent an official dispatch to authorized agencies, proposing the use of its religious establishments as temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals and quarantine facilities for Buddhist monks and nuns.
The Ministry of Health has decided to allocate 63 specialised trucks for COVID-19 vaccine transport, produced by Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), to seven military regions across the country under the management of the Ministry of National Defence.
The Government will continue to provide the most optimal conditions for Ho Chi Minh City and pandemic-hit localities to stamp out COVID-19 and promptly resume production, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Vietnam receives additional 3,000,060 doses of COVID-19 Moderna vaccine donated through the COVAX Facility by the United States Government, of which, 1,499,960 arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on July 24 and 1,500,100 doses will arrive in Hanoi the next day.
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.
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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.
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