Ten more COVID-19 infections confirmed on August 4 morning
Ten more coronavirus infections were confirmed by the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on August 4 morning, putting the national tally at 652.
A medical worker takes sample for COVID-19 testing from a man in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Ten more coronavirus infections were confirmed bythe National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on August 4 morning, putting the nationaltally at 652.
The newpatients, aged from 30 to 68, include seven in the central city of Da Nang andthree in the neighbouring province of Quang Nam. All of them are linked to theDa Nang Hospital hotspot.
These broughtthe number of cases connected to the outbreak in Da Nang to 205. The outbreakbegan with the detection of a 57-year-old male patient on July 25, ending thestreak of 99 days of no community infections in Vietnam. It has also resultedin six deaths, all of them with serious underlying health conditions.
The nationaltally now stands at 652, of which 307 were imported cases and quarantined uponarrival.
Of the totalinfections, 374 have fully recovered so far. Among the remaining activepatients, nine have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once and 12 at least twice.
A total of 133,279people who had close contactwith those infected with the virus or returned from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantinednationwide, including 1,258 at hospitals, 20,417 at concentrated quarantineestablishments and 111,594 at home./.
HCM City has basically completed the provision of financial assistance for those hit by COVID-19, according to Director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Minh Tan.
A Health Ministry delegation led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son on August 3 had a working session with the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province, a current COVID-19 hotspot, on the prevention and control of the disease.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has demanded stronger prevention and control of COVID-19 transmission at medical establishments, especially for people vulnerable to virus infection there.
With drastic, creative, flexible and timely directions of the Government and the Prime Minister, the engagement of the whole political system and business community, and the strong support from people, Vietnam has obtained important results in performing the dual tasks of fighting COVID-19 and boosting socio-economic development.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
A medical worker takes sample for COVID-19 testing from a man in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
