Just after having the first shot of a Covid-19 vaccine, Thuy was informed that she had become the F1 (close contact) of an infection case, but she was not too worried.

Hanoi will organize the largest ever Covid-19 vaccination campaign with three options, with the highest number of vaccinations to reach 200,000 per day.

Five days after Vietnam’s biggest city launched the largest-ever vaccination campaign, more than 400,000 people have been vaccinated, said Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Nguyen Tan Binh at a press conference yesterday.

Vietnam needs to have a law on the state of emergency, which would pave the way for the State to make necessary intervention during the pandemic and protect people’s freedom and lives.

In July and August, Vietnam is expected to receive about 13 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from many sources, according to the Ministry of Health.

The establishment of technological centers at central and local levels will help connect knowledge and experience of the health care and ICT sectors in deploying measures to prevent and control Covid-19.

HCM City’s Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc said that Ho Chi Minh City has directly negotiated with vaccine producers to purchase 5-10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021.

Bac Giang’s Deputy Chair Mai Son affirmed that only workers who can meet requirements on safety will be sent back to their home provinces.

Vietnam’s count of COVID-19 cases has crossed the milestone of 10,000 more than a month after the resurgence of the virus began in late April, wreaking havoc on multiple major industrial parks where thousands of factory workers have become infected.

The nation recorded 78 more COVID-19 infections, including 76 domestic cases and two imported ones, in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 20, taking the national tally to 12,978, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Government should develop nationwide universal regulations on Covid-19 prevention and control, and provinces and cities should not be allowed to arbitrarily apply anti-epidemic measures on their own, officials have proposed.

The Ministry of Health on June 17 announced it will distribute a total of 966,320 doses of AstraZenaca coronavirus vaccine to local Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs), hospitals and medical units, among others, across the country.

Bac Giang province has been gathering strength to fight the Covid-19 outbreak for one month, vowing to stamp out the outbreak by the end of June.

Vietnam is seeking support from the private sector to secure enough funding to nail deals of 150 million COVID-19 doses in 2021 in an effort to achieve herd immunity as soon as possible.

The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City have asked for the Prime Minister’s approval for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines for city residents.

Foreign diplomats and UN representatives are among the first to get vaccinated in Vietnam.

Some people have criticized the Government for being slow in vaccinating its people. To date, only nearly 1 percent of population has been vaccinated, a figure which is even lower than Laos and Cambodia.

The electronics, textile and garment, footwear, wooden furniture and dairy sectors have proposed that the Government allow them to seek vaccine sources and pay for vaccinations at their enterprises so they can maintain production.

A close friend recently showed me a text message of his friend who has been put under quarantine. “I have lost everything. I don’t have the face to see my wife and kids, co-workers and friends anymore,” he wrote.

Recently, some businessmen told me that they are willing to contribute money to the Government to buy vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus if the Government launches a fund to supplement the budget shortage.