The capital city of Hanoi detected the highest number of 2,982 cases. It was followed by the central city of Da Nang and the central province Khanh Hoa, with 888 and 680, respectively.

A medical staff at the door of a house with Covid-19 infected residents in the northern province of Bac Ninh to give medicine and collect samples for testing.

The new infections brought the country’s total caseload to 2,023,546, ranking 28th among 224 countries and territories across the world. Among the cases, 68 were infected with the Omicron variant, all imported and quarantined right upon arrival.

Also on January 16, up to 9,326 patients were declared to be free from the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, lifting the total number of recoveries to 1,727,290.

Meanwhile, 129 new fatalities were reported on the day, raising the death toll to 35,609, equivalent to 1.8 percent of the total infections.

As many as 168,003,163 doses of Covid -19 vaccines have been administered in Vietnam so far, including 78,595,722 first, 72,319,574 second, and 17,087,867 third shots.

Actively providing home treatment support for Covid-19 patients

(BGO) - When the coverage of two vaccine doses for people aged 15 years and over in the province reaches over 97 percent and the injection of the third dose is being accelerated, from January 2022, Bac Giang will shift to treating asymptomatic Covid-19 patients at home in order to ease the load at medical facilities.

Bac Giang: 264,900 people receive third Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO) – Implementing peak period for Covid-19 vaccination in Bac Giang province, all localities have mobilized maximum man power and equipment to well conduct the task.

Bac Giang opens Covid booster vaccination campaign and focuses on solution to welcome Tet safely

(BGO) – Le Anh Duong, Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC), Leader of the provincial Command Center for Covid-19 Prevention and Control (Center) on January 1 chaired a teleconference at three levels (province, district, commune) about the Covid-19 preventive situation.

Vietnam records 15,779 Covid-19 cases on January 9

Vietnam recorded 15,779 cases of Covid-19, including 28 imported ones, during 24 hours from 4pm January 8 to 4pm January 9, according to the Ministry of Health.

Scholarships granted to 130 orphans due to the Covid-19 pandemic

An art exchange programme, themed “The journey to the forest and the sea in spring”, was held by the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund, the “For beloved Hoang Sa – Truong Sa” Club and Ho Chi Minh City Television, on January 8.

Source: NDO/VNA