Ho Chi Minh City’s health sector is implementing a strategy of shifting from focusing on screening testing to treatment, with a hope to reduce the rate of COVID-19 patients in critical conditions and the number of fatalities.
 

Although HCM City is implementing social distancing under the government’s Directive 16, the streets are still crowded before 6pm.

The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) reported that since the city was hit by the Covid-19 epidemic in late April, more than 62,106 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from hospital.

Since July 22, HCM City has been allocated 2,595,490 vaccine doses by the Ministry of Health and has administered 2,108,186 doses. It is expected that by August 9, the city will use all the remaining vaccines.

Pre-schools in HCM City have found themselves in a tight corner, with many owners putting their schools up for sale.

Essential food manufacturers in HCM City have told Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam that the “three-on-spot” principle (work, eat and rest on the spot) was not working and should be stopped so that production can be restored to meet consumer demand.

Ho Chi Minh City will cover all expenses for funeral observances and cremation for those who die of Covid-19, which is estimated at about 17 million VND (around $730) per case.

Vietnam has confirmed 4,941 more coronavirus cases in 23 cities and provinces across the country during the past 12 hours, with most cases recorded in the south, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 8 morning.

Ho Chi Minh City's 5th vaccination campaign took place from July 20 to August 2, giving vaccinations to more than 920,000 people. Data about over 630,000 vaccinated people is available.

The HCMC government has adopted the second relief package worth over VND900 billion (US$39.2 million) to support informal-sector workers, poor households and people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ashes of deceased Covid-19 patients will be kept by the HCMC Urban Environment Company. The urns of ashes, labelled with the full names of people and the dates of death, will be given to family members.

More than 660 foreigners aged 18-70 who are living in the HCMC’s District 7 received shots of AstraZeneca and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines in Tan Phong and Tan Phu wards on August 5.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) is seeking approval from the Prime Minister to deal with the huge container backlog at Tan Cang - Cat Lai (TCCL) Port in HCM City.

More than 300 medical workers and eight tonnes of medical equipment from Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital arrived in HCM City on Thursday to help set up an intensive care centre for severe and critical COVID-19 patients.

The government of the northern coastal city of Haiphong has proposed borrowing 500,000 doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine while it is awaiting vaccine allocations from the Ministry of Health.

HCM City needs at least 5.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in August to realize its vaccination plan, according to proposals sent to Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam by the city’s Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc.

The HCMC Human Resources Coordination Taskforce has proposed demobilizing soldiers and using security guard companies to participate in the Covid-19 fight.

According to Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC), the epidemic situation has seen positive changes, so people need to adhere to the 5K rule and social distancing measures to quickly control the number of new infections.

Ho Chi Minh City has received the largest number of Covid-19 vaccine doses in the country, with a total so far of nearly 4.1 million doses.

Two young technicians in HCM City have put the locations of 3,000 shops along with their phone numbers, and opening and closing times on an online map so that shoppers can find nearby stores more easily.