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Additional 34,140 Covid-19 cases recorded

The number of Covid-19 cases continued to record a sharp fall over the past 24 hours, with 34,140 new cases detected, a drop of over 5,100 cases from a day earlier, the Ministry of Health said on April 9. Of the latest infections, 34,138 were found in the community and 2 were imported.

Hanoi continued to record the highest number of infections with 2,202 cases, followed by Bac Giang with 1,956 and Nghe An with 1,656.

The overall infection tally now stands at more than 10.69 million cases, including 10,162,185 domestic cases during the fourth wave of outbreaks which started in April last year. An additional 26 deaths were also confirmed on the same day, taking the total number of fatalities to 42,794, accounting for 0.4 of the overall caseload.

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Australian-funded Covid-19 vaccines for children arrive in Vietnam

An initial batch of 921,600 Covid-19 vaccine doses financed by the Australian Government arrived at Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport on the night of April 8, according to the Australian Embassy in Vietnam. A representative from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam revealed that the further batches of the vaccine are set to be delivered over the next few weeks.

So far, Australia has committed to sharing more than 7.2 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for children in Vietnam. These Covid-19 vaccine doses are anticipated to strengthen Vietnam's Covid-19 containment efforts by expanding vaccination coverage to protect young people nationwide.

This delivery completes Australia’s commitment to share 7.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses with Vietnam, along with Australia's comprehensive Covid-19 vaccine support package worth US$60 million for the nation.

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Hanoi's kindergarten pupils to return to school on April 13

Kindergarten pupils in the capital city of Hanoi will come back to school on April 13 after a nearly one-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The city People’s Committee has given the go-ahead on April 8 afternoon following the municipal Department of Education and Training’s proposal to resume in-person learning for preschool students in all 30 urban and outlying districts and townships across the city.

About 80 percent of parents said they are willing to bring their children back to preschools, according to the education department. The committee asked the municipal education department to coordinate with the health department to regularly update and follow related regulations to ensure Covid-19 prevention and control at schools.

Local authorities of districts and towns are entrusted with increasing supervision and inspection over the implementation of Covid-19 prevention and control measures at schools. Hanoi is the last locality among 63 provinces and cities nationwide to allow kindergartens to resume in-person learning. Schools in the city have reopened to all students from first to sixth grades on April 6, with the rate of students returning reaching 94 percent.

The number of new Covid-19 cases has kept dropping in the capital, with 2,897 new infections recorded on April 8, only a fraction of the peak in March. Vietnam is preparing to inoculate children aged 5 to 11 years old in the second week of April with Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines whereas the first batch of Moderna vaccines for children is expected to be delivered to the country on May 10.

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