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Health Ministry urges quickening vaccination against COVID-19

Amidst the rapidly increasing number of new cases of COVID-19, the Health Ministry has urged continued efforts to accelerate vaccination against COVID-19, with priority given to groups of high risks of developing serious symptoms and even dying when contracting the virus.
Health Ministry urges quickening vaccination against COVID-19 ảnh 1A health worker performs a COVID-19 vaccination shot (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Amidst the rapidly increasing number of new cases of COVID-19,the Health Ministry has urged continued efforts to accelerate vaccination against COVID-19, withpriority given to groups of high risks of developing serious symptoms and evendying when contracting the virus.

During the week from April 16 – 22, Vietnam counted 12,700 new cases, thehighest weekly number since the beginning of the year.

Thetotal number of COVID-19 cases so far rose to 11,54,059, with 10,616,725patients having recovered.

Atpresent, 123 patients are in serious conditions needing breathingsupport, including 24  requiring invasive machineventilation.

One death from COVID-19 was reported in Hanoi on April 22, raising the totalfatalities from the pandemic so far to 43,187.

More than 266 million doses of OVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far./.
VNA
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