The health ministry on Monday issued a document urging municipal and provincial authorities to put a stop to spraying disinfectants in public spaces as a COVID-19 prevention and control measure.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter encouraging frontline forces in COVID-19 prevention and control, recognising and complementing their contributions and efforts in the fight.

The Government has supplemented vnd5.1 trillion ($221.6 million) from the State budget reserve for 2021 for the Health Ministry's budget spending estimate to purchase medical equipment and supplies, biological products, chemicals and drugs

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.

On July 26, 17 Covid-19 patients who had previously been in critical condition were discharged from the HCM City's Covid-19 Resuscitation Hospital. 

If the technicians can make a success of the project, it would be a low-cost COVID-19 screening measure that can be carried out on a large scale and ease the burden of pool testing./.

Patients with locally acquired COVID-19 showing no symptoms, and with no underlying disease or obesity, will now be under a 14-day home quarantine, according to new guidelines released by the HCMC Department of Health.

The Ministry of Health reported 4,564 new cases of COVID-19 in the 13 hours to 7 pm on July 31, including 4 imported ones, bringing the day’s tally to 8,624.

Light bulbs are not something Do Thu Hang, 40, usually stores at home. There is a hardware store in front of her house on Doi Can Street, in Hanoi, so she has never really had to.

Dr Pham Trong Nghia suggested that the Government have scenarios on epidemic developments with different levels, possible impacts, solutions and policy adjustments in both the short and long term.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has allowed the use of xuyen tam lien (Andrographis paniculata), a familiar traditional medicine, in Covid-19 treatment, according to Luong Ngoc Khe, Director of the Administration of Medical Examination and Treatment.

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.

The military-run telecom provider Viettel has put into operation a COVID-19 vaccination management platform capable of updating 5 million shots per day.

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.

Vietnam recorded 4,773 new COVID-19 cases from 6am to 6pm on July 29, including one imported case, according to the Ministry of Health.

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.

In a recent meeting with local officials, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that social distancing measures at a higher level than those stipulated in Directive 16 could be applied to quickly prevent the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic.