Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 13:38 GMT+7
A medical worker prepares a shot of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases – Dong Anh District Branch in Hanoi, March 8, 2021. Photo: Nam Tran / Tuoi Tre
Five people who were among the first in Vietnam to be injected with a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca/Oxford have experienced side effects, according to the Ministry of Health.
Since the launch of the COVID-19 vaccination
on Monday, a total of 522 medical workers, who are directly treating COVID-19 patients, conducting sampling and testing, and performing contact-tracing tasks, have received the shots, according to the Expanded Program on Immunization.
Hai Duong locals emerging stronger from lockdown 11:28 | 10/03/2021
The most recent wave of the coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of millions of people in Vietnam, and more specifically plunged the northern province of Hai Duong into a state of emergency. Facing the either-or situation of protecting economic development or peopleâs health, it was never going to be an easy task for the locality.
People have banded together in solidarity to assist those stuck in quarantine areas like Hai Duong. Photo: Toan - Huong
Nguyen Van Hung, a 48-year-old living in Cam Giang district of Hai Duong, lost his mother to the virus in February. In Vietnamese culture, funerals consist of complex rituals which can take multiple days. Preparing for a proper ceremony surrounded by hundreds of people is of utmost importance. However, the pandemicâs restrictions meant Hung was unable to organise a traditional funeral ceremony.
377 health workers getting Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in stable condition Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
09/03/2021 11:32 GMT+7
Some 377 health workers who got the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine yesterday are in stable condition now.
A medical worker of Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCMC gets the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. (Photo: SGGP)
These health staffs working in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, the medical clinic in Hai Duong Town and in Kim Thanh District of the Northern Province of Hai Duong were inoculated against Covid-19 first when the country started mass vaccination with AstraZeneca shots to achieve herd immunity.
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