Vietnam records 7,334 new COVID-19 cases on August 7
Vietnam reported 3,540 COVID-19 cases, including one imported, in the past over 12 hours to 6.30pm on August 7, bringing the total number of infection in the day to 7,334, according to the Ministry of Health.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 3,540 COVID-19 cases, including one imported,in the past over 12 hours to 6.30pm on August 7, bringing the total number ofinfections in the day to 7,334, according to the Ministry of Health.
Thedaily figure represented a drop of 987 domestic cases compared to theprevious day.
HCM City still led the country in the number of new patients with 3,930,followed by Binh Duong (822), Dong Nai (709), Long An (367), Ba Ria-VungTau (288), Khanh Hoa (167), Tien Giang (165), Can Tho (141), and Tay Ninh(134).
Out of these domestic cases, 1,281 were reported as communitytransmissions.
As of August 7 afternoon, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam stoodat 200,715.
As many as 4,305 patients were given the all-clear, increasing the numberof recoveries from COVID-19 nationwide to 66,637.
Nearly 8.53 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have beenadministered as of August 7. More than 7.6 million people have had onedose and over 863,000 two doses./.
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Nearly 300,000 disadvantaged trade union members, public employees and workers hit by the COVID-19 pandemic received assistance worth over 465.8 billion VND (20.25 million USD), reported the Ho Chi Minh City Labour Confederation on August 7.
The National Ethics Committee in Biomedical Research under the Ministry of Health on August 7 held an urgent online meeting to review the results of the first phase of clinical trials of Vietnam’s domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, and to pass the mid-term assessment of its second phase.
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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.
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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.
A sample for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA) 
