On August 1, an additional 3,207 Covid-19 patients were discharged from the hospital, bringing the total number of recovered cases so far to 37,846.

HCM City has deployed 1,200 vaccination teams that will provide 200 shots per team each day, according to the city People's Committee.  

Thu Duc City in Ho Chi Minh City has launched a mobile vaccination team for people in quarantine and blockade areas and places where it is difficult to approach.

To ensure safety and achieve the goal of maintaining Covid-19 free areas (green zone), many checkpoints have been set up in HCM City to prevent strangers and shippers from entering these areas.

Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that the city will organize a mobile program to inject Covid-19 vaccines to the individuals.

As many as 1,000 blood units have been promptly transported by air by the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion in Hanoi to the blood bank of Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City.

HCM City along with 18 southern provinces and cities will continue to enforce lockdown measures in line with Government’s Directive 16 for two more weeks.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on cities and provinces to prioritise vaccination of people living in Covid-19 hotspots like HCM City and provinces with a large number of industrial parks.

Flexibility in building a production model from "3 on-site" to "2.5 on the spot" will create conditions for businesses in HCM City to maintain operations during the epidemic.

Dozens of musicians and artists of HCM City have given special performances to inspire frontline workers and people staying in concentrated quarantine zones and COVID-19 treatment hospitals.

HCMC won’t place as much emphasis as before on tracing F0 cases. Instead, it will focus on treatment to minimize the mortality rate, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son, who has been in the city for 45 days.

Waiting for their turn to have their health checked and vaccinated, people aged 65 and over and those with underlying health conditions in HCMC said they were pleased that the State cared for their health.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 29 urged Ho Chi Minh City – the country’s biggest COVID-19 hotspot at present - to promote the motto of “fighting the pandemic is like fighting the enemy.”

To speed up mass vaccinations, Ho Chi Minh City will vaccinate its people after 6pm, even though local people are banned from going out from 6pm to 6am.

Ho Chi Minh City has welcomed more than 6,000 medical staff who have come to support the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has signed a decision to establish an advisory group on policies on epidemic prevention and control as well as economic recovery.

Unable to transport passengers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some bus operators in HCM City have now begun to use their vehicles for selling vegetables and other essential goods.

Hundreds of doctors have joined the Facebook group ‘Giup nhau mua dich’ (helping each other) to assist people during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Due to the impact of the pandemic, most children are at home this summer and socially distanced from the world, and, as a result, parents are being more considerate when it comes to their entertainment and educational needs.

HCM City Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc has said that in the 5th phase of Covid-19 vaccination campaign, the city has administered 170,177 vaccine doses.