VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 8 Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
08/03/2021 11:17 GMT+7
Vietnam begins COVID-19 vaccination on March 8
Vietnam launches its COVID-19 inoculation drive on March 8 morning, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to medical workers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and northern Hai Duong province – the country’s biggest pandemic hotspot at present.
The vaccination is conducted at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases and two medical centres in Hai Duong.
As many as 100 staff members of the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases are expected to receive the shots in the morning of March 8. The hospital is allocated 450 doses among the first batch of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine the country has received.
HCM City sees high HIV infection risk from undetected virus carriers Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
17/01/2021 10:14 GMT+7
An estimated 5,500 people living with HIV in the community have yet to be identified in Ho Chi Minh City, with about 30 percent having high viral load rates that are potentially transmitting the virus to others.
Participants at the conference (Photo: VNA)
Addressing a conference to review the HIV/AIDS prevention over the last 30 years in Ho Chi Minh City on January 14, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung.stressed that this is one of the challenges in the fight against HIV/AIDS at present.