Workers have samples taken for COVID-19 testing before returning to work (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 16 new
COVID-19
cases over the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 28, raising the
national tally to
2,448, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.
Among the new infections, 12 locally infected
cases were recorded in the northern province of Hai Duong, the country s largest COVID-19 hotspot, and four imported
cases were found in the southern provinces of Tay Ninh and Dong Thap.
Of the total count, 1,542 were locally infected, including 849 cases since
January 27.
A total 1,876 COVID-19
patients have recovered so
far, and the death toll remains at 35.
At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The
Ministry of Health (MoH) on February 27 received 20 billion VND (866,620 USD) from conglomerate Vingroup for the clinical trials of homegrown
The candidate vaccine is being developed by the MoH’s Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC).
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long spoke highly of the support of enterprises, organisations and individuals for Vietnam’s fight against the
The first “Made-in-Vietnam” ventilators were produced under the collaboration of the ministry and Vingroup, he noted, adding that the machines have been provided to localities nationwide.
Vietnamese scientists have regarded vaccine development as the key factor to contain the pandemic, and the MoH has spared no efforts in the research for vaccine in order to be able to produce the vaccine as soon as possible.
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At the event (Photo: VNA)
HCM City
(VNA) – The
Voice of Ho Chi Minh City (VOH), the local official radio
broadcasting station, together with the municipal Health Department hosted the first
Vietnam medical achievement award ceremony on February 26 to honour 16 contributions
to the
The contributions were voted by the public from 22
nominations selected by the award’s council of professionals. Three months after its
launch, the award received more than 60 nominations from medical facilities
nationwide.
Among the winners were the work of doctors at the Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital – the first of its kind in Vietnam, and medical staff at