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Over 80% of Australians agree that the government must support Papua New Guinea in its fight against a significant COVID-19 outbreak, while 3 in 4 would like to see the country donate 1 million of 50 million domestically produced vaccines to the neighbouring nation, new polling reveals.
Vietnam records six new imported COVID-19 cases
Monday, 2021-04-19 20:22:20
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NDO/VNA – Vietnam recorded six new COVID-19 cases, including two Indian experts and four Vietnamese citizens, on April 19 evening.
The new patients brought the total number of infections in Vietnam to 2,791, said the Ministry of Health (MoH).
According to the MoH’s Medical Service Administration, up to 2,475 patients were given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while the death toll was still kept at 35.
Among active patients undergoing treatment at medical establishments nationwide, 11 tested negative to the virus once, 16 twice and 18 thrice.
As many as 40,150 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are currently quarantined across the country, including 531 in hospitals, 24,361 in state-designated establishments and 15,258 at their homes or residences.
Australia Covid support for Vietnam to cover vaccine storage, supply
By Viet Anh April 19, 2021 | 03:34 pm GMT+7
The AstraZeneca vaccines made in Australia can be delivered to Vietnam apart from cold storage and other support, says Australian ambassador Robyn Mudie. Australia will be exploring options to procure vaccines which we can support Vietnam with. Some of those vaccines in due course are likely to be manufactured in Australia, Mudie said at a Hanoi press conference Monday.
Responding to
VnExpress International on any bilateral sharing of the Covid-19 vaccine, she said that while Australia has been manufacturing AstraZeneca vaccines in the country, the current focus is on supporting Vietnam to procure vaccines from safe and reliable sources.
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Monday, April 19, 2021, 19:05 GMT+7
From left: Dr. Duong Thu Hong, deputy director of the National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology, Robyn Mudie, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, and Rana Flowers, UNICEF representative in Vietnam, attend a ceremony to announce a A$13.5 million (US$10.5 million) package to help support the successful introduction and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines doses in Vietnam, April 19, 2021. Photo: Embassy of Australia in Hanoi
The Australian Embassy in Hanoi and UNICEF on Monday unveiled a landmark A$13.5 million (US$10.5 million) package to help support the successful introduction and delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Vietnam.
The Australia-UNICEF partnership will provide a unique and holistic package that will assist Vietnam across a range of areas that are vital to the successful delivery of a mass immunization program against the coronavirus, the UN body said in a press release the same day.