Of the 9,882 new domestic infections in 57 provinces and cities, there are 5,361 community transmissions.

A student in Loc Quang commune, Loc Ninh district, Binh Phuoc province is vaccinated against Covid-19.

Ho Chi Minh City continued taking the lead with 1,265 cases, followed by Binh Duong (683), Dong Nai (604), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (541), Dong Thap (508), Binh Thuan (493), Tay Ninh (410), Soc Trang (399) and Kien Giang (361). The capital city of Hanoi recorded 216 infections.

The infection tally in Vietnam currently stands at 1,094,514, ranking 37th among the 223 countries and territories.

The domestic infections in the fourth wave of Covid-19, since April 27, numbers 1,089,411 with 902,683 recoveries.

With 5,163 patients given the all-clear during the 24 hours, the total recoveries so far has reached 905,500.

The MoH also reported 76 new fatalities, bringing the accumulative number of deaths to 23,761.

On November 20, Vietnam administered 1,298,149 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, raising the total to 107,861,131. Among the vaccinated people, 66,706,890 received at least one shot of vaccine while 41,154,241 were fully inoculated, the MoH said.

Catholics in Ho Chi Minh City commemorate deceased victims of Covid-19

The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics on November 19 held a commemoration and a requiem for the people dying of Covid-19.

Bac Giang recovers shortcoming of Covid -19 management and tracing software at business to enhance effectiveness

(BGO) – With the spirit “Production to fight against pandemic, pandemic control to resume production”, since June 14, 2021, Bac Giang province has officially launched Covid-19 management and tracing software (CMTS) at the local companies. However, the application has yet to gain expected results.

Ho Chi Minh City: Grand requiem held for deceased victims of Covid-19

The Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)'s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City on November 18 held a requiem for Vietnamese who died of the Covid-19 in order to show gratitude to the frontline forces in the fight against the pandemic and help ease the pain of the victims’ relatives and families.

Vietnam mulls Covid prevention fund

The government will consider establishing a fund for Covid-19 prevention and control to add to the vaccine fund it set up earlier this year.

90.5 percent of Bac Giang population aged over 18 receive one Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO) – As of 2pm on November 15, Bac Giang province administered 1,515,523 Covid-19 vaccine doses, including 1,152,371 first shot and 363,152 second one. Thus, 90.5 percent of local population aged over 18 received at least one vaccine shot while 28.53 percent of adults were fully vaccinated.

Source: NDO/VNA