Active response to COVID-19 urged as new sub-variant emerges globally
The Ministry of Health has sent a dispatch to authorities of centrally-run cities and provinces requesting active response to COVID-19 as the number of new infected cases globally surged by 80% last month.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health has sent a dispatch to authoritiesof centrally-run cities and provinces requesting active response to COVID-19 asthe number of new infected cases globally surged by 80% last month.
In itsrecent report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified the newEG.5 sub-variant of Omicron as a "significant concern."
Thereport also revealed that during July 10-August 6, there were nearly 1.5million new infections worldwide, marking an 80% increase compared to theprevious four weeks. However, the number of COVID-19-related deaths fell by57%, totaling 2,500 cases.
Accordingly,cities and provinces were urged to seriously follow the Government and PrimeMinister’s directives on pandemic prevention and control, effectively realisethe Government’s Resolution and the Health Ministry’s guidelines on prevention andcontrol of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases such as dengue fever,hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
Assoc. Prof Tran Dac Phu, former Director of the ministry’sGeneral Department of Preventive Medicine, said in the current context, Vietnamneeds to continue closely monitoring the WHO's information on thetransmissibility and virulence of new variants, including the EG.5 sub-variant.
Preventive ꧟measures in the public should continue, such aswearing masks in high-risk areas, regularly washing hands and receiving vaccination,and others, he said./.
Vietnam has detected a number of new, highly-contagious Omicron sub-variants, including BA.2.74, said the General Department of Preventive Medicine on August 17.
The HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on January 4 said the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant, first discovered in India in August, has been found in the southern metropolis.
The number of new COVID-19 cases is on the rise again, with those infected with Omicron variant making up the majority, and mainly concentrating in the northern region - where the season is changing, Prof. Phan Trong Lan, Director of the Health Ministry's Department of Preventive Medicine reported at a press conference on April 13.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
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