Vietnam COVID-19 Updates (April 18): No new cases to report in the morning
	Vietnam COVID-19 Updates (April 16): 21 imported cases logged
	Vietnam COVID-19 Updates (April 15): 20 imported cases in the last 24 hours

Photo: VN Express

Four imported cases logged

Vietnam recorded three new cases of COVID-19, all imported, from 6 am to 6 pm April 18, according to the Health Ministry. From 6 pm April 18 to 6 am April 19, 1 imported case is found. The new patient is a 39-year-old man, enter Vietnam through Da Nang airport and was immediately quarantined and treated in Da Nang.

Photo: VNA

Kien Giang actively implement COVID-19 prevention measures

On the afternoon of April 18, in Kien Giang, the delegation led by Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long had a meeting with Kien Giang's representatives on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control in the area. Deputy Chairman of the Kien Giang People's Committee Nguyen Luu Trung said currently, the biggest difficulty in pandemic prevention and control in the province was the cross-border entry. Kien Giang is still ensuring good control over the pandemic, yet facing the complicated developments of countries in the region, especially Cambodia, Kien Giang is the province with a very high risk of community infection in the country.

Kien Giang People's Committee proposed to establish a field hospital in Ha Tien city; give priority to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine in the following phases; consider and support Kien Giang with two Real-time RT-PCR machines and materials for COVID-19 confirmation tests. In addition, the authorities granted Kien Giang 20,000 quick tests and 10 million pairs of medical gloves.

Speaking at the meeting, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long suggested Kien Giang proactively raise a higher alarm and prepare for all possible worst situations, prepare scenarios for large-scale quarantine, prevent cross-infection in the quarantine area. In addition, the province should consider the prevention and control of land and sea borders as a prerequisite solution in pandemic prevention and control.

Photo: MOH

MOH adjusted allocation of 110,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses

Accordingly, in the Decision signed by Deputy Minister Truong Quoc Cuong, the Ministry of Health adjusted the allocation of 110,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine provided by COVAX in the second phase as follows:

80,000 doses will be granted to the army, which will be given to prioritized groups, including health staff, and people in the army and police force

30,000 will be sent to the police force in all 63 provinces across Vietnam for storing and injecting.

In addition, the National Expanded Immunization Project, and Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology have received and supplied vaccines to localities and units to organize deploy vaccination against COVID-19 according to regulations. Currently, 49 out of 63 provinces and cities have received the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines. The remaining 14 will continue to be allocated in the coming time.

Vietnam COVID-19 Updates (April 14): 10 imported cases found in the last 24 hours Ten imported cases of COVID-19 were reported, raising the national count to 2,717, according to the Health Ministry.

Vietnam COVID-19 Updates (April 12): 2nd home-grown vaccine to hit market in 2022 first quarter COVIVAC's research and manufacture process is being sped up by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals so that the vaccine will be launched in ...

Vietnam COVID-19 Updates (April 11): 9 imported cases in the last 24 hours Nine imported cases of COVID-19 were detected on the afternoon of April 10, raising the national count to 2,692, according to the Health Ministry.