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HCM City, Hanoi accelerate testing, vaccinations against COVID-19

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are taking every effort to speed up testing and vaccinations against COVID-19 as the two largest cities of Vietnam continue experiencing complex developments of the pandemic.
HCM City, Hanoi accelerate testing, vaccinations against COVID-19 ảnh 1Woman vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are taking every effortto speed up testing and vaccinations against COVID-19 as the two largest citiesof Vietnam continue experiencing complex developments of the pandemic.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Preventionand Control held a press briefing on September 7 to update information aboutvaccination situation in the city.

Vietnam’s current biggest COVID-19 hotspot has to dateinjected over 6.72 million people. It is striving to give the first jab for allpeople aged from 18 and the second shot for those who are due to receivethe next injection.

Amidst the complicated developments of the pandemic, thePrime Minister has requested the Defence Minister, the Secretaries of PartyCommittees and Chairpersons of People's Committee of Hai Phong city and BacGiang, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Thai Binhand Hoa Binh provinces to proactively prepare human resources to be ready tosupport Hanoi in rapid testing, classification of patients for suitable careand treatment, tracing of possible contacts with patients, and organisation ofvaccination against COVID-19 when necessary.

HCM City, Hanoi accelerate testing, vaccinations against COVID-19 ảnh 2Taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
As of September 6, Hanoi had administered 2.4 million vaccinedoses, covering about 35 percent of the city's population aged 18 and above.According to the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control, in the coming days, the citywill accelerate vaccination when sufficient vaccines are allocated.

In compliance with an official dispatch issued by Chairman ofthe municipal People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh, the capital city will conduct masstesting for all residents from September 6-12.

Accordingly, those living in locked-down, quarantine andextremely high-risk areas will be tested every 2-3 days. Others in high-riskareas will have samples collected every 5-7 days to "filter out"COVID-19 cases from the community./.
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