All medical resources must be mobilised to fight COVID-19 in HCM City: Deputy PM
The efficiency must be placed first and all medical resources must be mobilised to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of public or private, military or civilian, central or local level, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam stressed while inspecting pandemic prevention and control at Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (C) inspects pandemic prevention and control at Military Hospital 175 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - The efficiency must be placed first andall medical resources must be mobilised to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless ofpublic or private, military or civilian, central or local level, Deputy PrimeMinister Vu Duc Dam stressed while inspecting pandemic preventionand control at Military Hospital 175 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27.
Dam, who is Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl, said that the COVID-19 pandemic has spread widely in Ho Chi Minh Cityand its neighbouring localities, requiring the application of special solutions.
Local people should accept to sacrifice personal interests,give up some personal habits and needs for a while to avoid heavy losses in lives when thepandemic cripples the healthcare system, he said.
The Deputy PM asked local administrations at all levels to ensure people'slives, mobilise and create the best conditions for charitable activities tobetter support people in need.
Atpresent, Ho Chi Minh City’s mission is to ensure the strict implementation ofsocial distancing regulations, protecting the safety of medical staff, andimprove the efficiency of coordination and cooperation between sectors,localities and units in transport and treatment of COVID-19patients, he noted.
Accordingto Major General Nguyen Hong Son, Director of Military Hospital 175, since the COVID-19 broke out in the city, the hospital has expanded its screening of those withhigh risks. The hospital is ready to support pandemic prevention and controlfor military hospitals in the Southeast region./.
Ho Chi Minh City has administered 170,177 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the fifth phase of its inoculation drive, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc said.
Vietnam confirmed an additional 2,764 COVID-19 cases, including two imported, in the past 12 hours to 6am on July 27, raising the national total to 109,111, according to the Ministry of Health.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many inequalities between countries, including the anxious gap in vaccination against COVID-19 that could threaten peace-building efforts and development achievements, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has said.
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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.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam (C) inspects pandemic prevention and control at Military Hospital 175 (Photo: VNA) 
