Vietnam Covid-19 Updates (Feb. 28): Infections Continue to Spike, Nearly 87,000 Recorded

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Covid-19: 86,990 cases recorded on February 27

The Ministry of Health reported the detection of a further 86,990 new cases of Covid-19 on February 27, an increase of nearly 9,000 in comparison to a day earlier. Another 94 casualties were also reported during the past 24 hours, raising the country’s death toll to cross 40,000 or around 1.2% of all infections.

The three localities with the highest number of cases are Hanoi with 11,517 cases, Quang Ninh with 5,997 cases, and Lang Son with 4,960 cases.

35,866 Covid-19 patients were declared free from the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the same day, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 2,411,912, according to VOV.

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Students of 1st - 6th grades in Hanoi’s suburban areas return to online learning

Students from the first to sixth grades in the 18 suburban districts and town of Hanoi will return to online learning from February 28, as part of local efforts to curb Covid-19 transmission. The Hanoi People’s Committee made the decision on February 27 based on the proposal submitted by the Department of Education and Training, according to VNA.

The move was prompted by a surge in the rising number of new infections in the community, including in educational establishments, the fact that students of these grades are yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19, as well as parents’ concern.

The municipal People’s Committee also assigned the district-level administrations based on the Covid-19 situation in their localities, proposals by local educational establishments, and opinions from students’ parents to flexibly switch between in-person and online learning so as to ensure safety for both students and teachers.

Earlier, students from the first to sixth grades in the 18 suburban districts and town of Hanoi resumed in-person learning on February 10. Meanwhile, schools remain shut for those in urban districts.

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Hanoi to reach Covid-19 peak in two weeks' time: city chair

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on February 27 warned the capital city will see the peak of the current Covid-19 surge in the middle of March. Experts have predicted that the number of new cases in the city will keep rising in the next two weeks and reach its peak afterward, depending on the prevention and control work, Anh said.

He was speaking at a meeting with local authorities in Hanoi on measures to reduce pressure on grassroots-level medical workers, those who work at the health clinics of wards and communes.

The situation is complicated in Hanoi as there are more than 10,000 new patients reported on a daily basis, and 76 communes and wards (12.8 percent of the total) have had their risk levels raised to Level 3 (high risk), the city’s chair said. However, 96 percent of the patients are mild cases that express no symptoms, and 95 percent are being treated at home.

Anh asked the director of the city’s Department of Health to form an inter-sectoral working group with clear points of contact to review and report on the urgent issues every day. He also asked the health authorities to clarify how many patients a communal medical worker can take care of per day, and identify the number of workers needed for each day so other sectors can support and coordinate.

In terms of school reopening, the director of the city’s Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong said 15 districts had asked to let their students, who are in grades 1-6, study online again to ensure their safety, as they had not been vaccinated. The city will have the final decision after reviewing reports by the education department, chairman Anh said.

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