Health

Molnupiravir drug helps reduce viral load in the early stages of Covid-19, reducing risks of severe symptoms and deaths.

The donation, including drugs to treat 15,000 patients with latent tuberculosis infection for three months, will be distributed nationwide.

Vaccination for children aged 5-11 years would be on a recommendation basis and safety would be the highest priority.

Vietnam needs more hospitals to provide local citizens with health check-ups and treatment.

The southern metropolis has set the target to achieve full vaccine coverage by the end of February.

The spring vaccination campaign will be implemented from February 1 to 28 with a view to significantly increasing the Covid-19 vaccination rate.

The Omicron patients are now being quarantined and in stable health condition.

Hospitals and disease control centers are tasked with building their own plans to stock up medicines.

The vaccination campaign for children would be prioritized in areas with persistent outbreaks, undergoing social distancing with high population density or high infection risks.

Molnupiravir has been used globally to treat mild and asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.

Localities need to step up communication work to raise the public awareness of Omicron variant.

The first Omicron patient in Vietnam was put under quarantine for two weeks but did not show any symptoms during the isolation.

The 14 Omicron-infected patients landed at the Da Nang International Airport in central Vietnam on four different flights.

The oral Covid-19 vaccine is expected to improve the vaccination, reduce costs, and minimize undesirable side effects.

The patient has been quarantined and monitored since his arrival in Hanoi.

The Government leader told that no eligible person will be left without full inoculation, especially those in high-risk groups.

The Int’l Junior Science Olympiad is an annual individual and team competition in the natural sciences for fifteen-year-old students.

This is the third time Vietnam has sent a team to the Int’l Olympiad of Metropolises. They brought home one gold and six silver medals.

IFC will help Vietnam improve its capacity in terms of legal framework and institution regarding the implementation of biosafety measures and diseases monitoring in pig farming.

The Prime Minister urges the health sector to vaccinate children aged 5-11.