Do not prolong social distancing on a large scale Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc said that currently, 7 enterprises (enterprises) in industrial parks (IZs) in the city have Covid-19 cases. Most of the places only have 1-2 cases, with no signs of spreading to other places. In which, 2 enterprises have similar characteristics (seafood processing, workers work together in a cold and closed environment) so the number of cases is larger with 6 and 11 cases… People’s Committees of wards and districts Districts with cases have suspended non-urgent services, stopped accepting in-person applications, only accepting online applications. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son, Head of the Special Department of the Ministry of Health in Ho Chi Minh City, said the city will set up about 100 delegations to inspect all factories and enterprises operating in the industrial park. Large factories and enterprises need to have a plan to arrange for the core workers to live in the industrial park or have a closed process from accommodation, dormitories, transportation to the factory to work, live and take them to work. about. Ho Chi Minh City has prepared a treatment plan for 5,000 patients, but must be ready with equipment to treat patients on ventilators who have severe symptoms. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son inspects the preservation of 836,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine at the Pasteur Institute’s cold storage in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of June 17 Photo: HAI YEN After receiving 836,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, Mr. Duong Anh Duc said that Ho Chi Minh City had a meeting to plan to identify priority subjects and injection plans; strive to inject for 200,000 people/day, expected from June 19; at the same time, increasing testing capacity to 30,000 samples/day. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasized that Ho Chi Minh City is a big city; The government and people have gone through the practical process of fighting the epidemic. Therefore, decisions on social distancing, isolation and blockade must be in the spirit of trying to be as concise as possible. The purpose of social distancing is to slow down the spread of the epidemic, identify outbreaks, sources of infection, and scale in order to narrowly, tightly, and strive not to prolong the extension. society on a large scale. The Deputy Prime Minister asked Ho Chi Minh City to “keep the balance” of the IP with strong measures. Ho Chi Minh City needs to strengthen testing and warning to quickly detect infections in the first 3 days, with lessons learned in fighting epidemics like in Bac Giang and Bac Ninh. The Deputy Prime Minister noted that although Ho Chi Minh City’s testing capacity is very good compared to other localities, with a population of 10 million and many industrial zones, the city must have a plan to increase testing capacity in the event of an outbreak. in the industrial park. In particular, the coordination of testing must ensure consistency among participating units, meeting the sampling and tracing speed to catch up with the epidemic’s spread. Absolutely do not let the test situation be delayed or mistaken due to the coordination as happened in some places. If infection is detected in factories and enterprises in industrial zones, Ho Chi Minh City should pay close attention to the densely packed worker accommodation areas when zoning, isolation and blockade are implemented. The Deputy Prime Minister requested that in the coming time, Ho Chi Minh City urgently needs to complete the pilot guidance on isolating F1 cases at home, ensuring strict safety in terms of health as well as people’s privacy, in accordance with the law. conditions of the city in the case of a large number of infected people. Mobilization of many vaccination forces At the inspection of the preservation of 836,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine that has just been transported to the cold storage of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of the same day, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said that in the next 2 days, Ho Chi Minh City will open 1,000 Covid-19 vaccination points for people. “Distributed by the Government and the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Immunization, in this batch, Vietnam imported 966,300 doses of vaccine for the whole country, of which 836,000 doses were transported to Ho Chi Minh City” – Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son said. The Ministry of Health has completed the script and in the next 2 days will finalize the script to discuss with the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and the City Steering Committee to be ready to deploy at vaccination points. This vaccination campaign will take place in about 5-7 days. “To carry out this vaccination campaign, we not only mobilize the medical force in Ho Chi Minh City, but we also mobilize the forces at the central level, ministries and branches in the city. A number of military hospitals and hospitals Police force institutes, military preventive medicine institutes will also participate in this campaign,” said Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son. With the principle and spirit of quick vaccination in the campaign but still must ensure absolute safety for those who participate in vaccination, Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son said that the vaccine injected in this batch is AstraZeneca’s, the deadline The use is still relatively long, ensuring the safety of the vaccination campaign of Ho Chi Minh City. “Hopefully in the next round, the provinces that are facing great difficulties during this epidemic such as Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Binh Duong, Tien Giang … will receive the vaccine to give priority to the whole production force which is workers. to ensure safety in production” – Deputy Minister of Health expressed. Overseas Vietnamese support the Vaccine Fund On the afternoon of June 17, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son awarded more than 6.2 billion VND as contributions from the overseas Vietnamese community, the Lao National Assembly Office and officials, civil servants and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Diplomacy for the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, supporting the Covid-19 Vaccine Fund and the fight against Covid-19 in localities. In addition to the above amount, in the past few days, the Vietnamese community with nearly 30 organizations and groups in the US, Canada, France… has launched the campaign “Join hands for Vietnam” and “10,000 doses of vaccines”. please for Vietnam”, soon move back to the country to support people, especially doctors – nurses and those who are working on the front lines, to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic. D.Chau Another 515 cases of Covid-19, Ho Chi Minh City alone has 137 cases The Ministry of Health said that on June 17, Vietnam recorded an additional 515 cases of Covid-19, including 12 isolated cases immediately after entry and 503 domestic cases in Bac Giang (327), Ho Chi Minh City (137), and Tien Giang. Giang (13), Bac Ninh (12), Binh Duong (7), Ha Tinh (4), Lang Son (2), Nghe An (1). This is the day Vietnam has recorded the highest number of cases since the outbreak. Notably, the number of new cases in Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Giang continuously increased rapidly. Since the outbreak appeared, our country has recorded 12,150 cases of Covid-19, of which 10,483 are domestic cases and 1,667 imported cases. On June 17, 63 more Covid-19 patients were announced to be cured, bringing the number of cured cases to 4,653. The number of deaths is now 61.

According to Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chu Van Men, Director of the Center for Clinical Trials and Bioequivalence, Military Medical Academy, phase 3 injected the Nano Covax vaccine to 13,000 people and administered only a single dose group injection. at least 25 mcg and the placebo injection group. Specifically, according to the protocol approved by the Ministry of Health, the first 1,000 trial injectors of the first phase of phase 3, the volunteers are injected with the ratio of “6 people vaccinated, 1 person injected placebo”. The remaining 12,000 people injected according to the ratio “2 people vaccinated, 1 person injected placebo”. It is expected that the first phase of phase 3 will be conducted by the Military Medical Academy and the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City with 1,000 volunteers, each with 500 people. Vietnam’s first COVID-19 vaccine tested in phase 3 on humans. Regarding the reason for choosing the dose group of 25 mcg, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chu Van Men said that testing at 3 dose levels of 25-50-75 mcg showed that the vaccine was safe on volunteers, capable of generating immunity in 3 doses. There was no difference in dose groups. Therefore, the National Ethical Council in Biomedical Research, Ministry of Health decided to only inject 1 optimal dose of 25 mcg at this stage. Phase 3 is implemented in many centers in the country: The North is deployed by the Military Medical Academy as the focal point at Military Medical Hospital 103, in collaboration with the Preventive Medicine Center of Hung Yen province to deploy locally; In the South, the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute is the focal point to deploy, in collaboration with the Preventive Medicine Centers of Long An and Tien Giang provinces to deploy locally. After the phase 1 and phase 2 trials, the Nano Covax vaccine is judged to be quite safe, so the criteria for recruiting volunteers will be relaxed more than the previous two phases. 13,000 volunteers participating in phase 3, aged 18-75 years old, only need to check their blood count and check for antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. People who have been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus or already have antibodies will be excluded from the test population. As of June 11, more than 6,500 volunteers have registered to test the Nano Covax vaccine against COVID-19 phase 3. Senior Colonel, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ho Anh Son, Deputy Director of the Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Military Medical Academy added: “It is expected that by mid-September 2021, after about 42 days of the second injection. In two of the first 1,000 experimental injections, we will summarize the results of the quality assessment to report. If it is favorable, we will submit the dossier and propose the Government, the Ministry of Health, and the National Ethical Council in the study. In parallel with that process, the unit will continue to test the Nano Covax vaccine on 12,000 volunteers to continue to control the experimental injection and evaluate the effectiveness. protective power of vaccines”. During the testing process and after the antibody sample is available, the Military Medical Academy will coordinate with the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Joint Stock Company, the testing units to conduct the assessment of the ability to neutralize the SARS-CoV virus. -2 in the laboratory for existing virus strains to determine the development direction of vaccine research in the coming period. Through discussions with the expert group of Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Joint Stock Company, in addition to recombinant protein technology, there are other technologies for research and production of vaccines. Nanogen as well as many Vietnamese scientists are very interested in mRNA technology – which has been of great interest to the world in recent years. This technology has the advantage of reacting very quickly to the disease, quickly getting a vaccine. According to available information, vaccines produced by this technology are very safe for human use. More information about the phase 3 trial, Lieutenant General, Prof. Dr. Do Quyet, Director of the Military Medical Academy, said that this trial phase is designed according to the adaptive design method, continuing to inject the experimental vaccine. trial and placebo group; health assessment at the time of the first injection, the second dose (done on the 28th day), the 35th day and the 42nd day after injection. The Director of the Military Medical Academy expressed confidence in the safety of the Nano Covax vaccine with the results achieved through the previous two testing phases. Specifically, the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies after the phase 2 trial injection showed that the antibody titre increased very high, from tens to hundreds of times. After the second injection, the volunteers had a physical examination (blood test, blood pressure measurement…) once a week to assess the amount of antibodies appearing in the body; then continue to be monitored for 6 months to get information, assess health as well as immunity ability. Up to now, 100% of volunteers who have been vaccinated with Nano Covax vaccine have produced antibodies in the blood. – Phase I (December 2020), the COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax was administered to 60 volunteers. – Phase II (February 2021) injected over 554 people. From phase 2, the trial was conducted both at the Military Medical Academy and the Medical Center of Ben Luc district – Long An province (by the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City).

In this phase 3, Nano Covax vaccine will be tested in multi-centers at domestic facilities with the deployment of vaccination for 13,000 volunteers. Specifically, in the North, experimental injections were carried out at the Military Medical Academy (Hanoi) and in Hung Yen province; The southern area is carried out by the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, and is planned to be injected in 2 provinces: Long An and Tien Giang. In the immediate future, in phase 3, 1,000 registered volunteers will be tested, and then continue to recruit more. In this phase 3, there is also research and evaluation of the effect of the vaccine against the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus found for the first time in India. By the end of September 2021, after the phase 3 trial is completed, depending on the test results and epidemic developments, the vaccine will be considered for approval for emergency use on a large scale in our country. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Noi Bai Aviation Security Force is fully equipped with gloves, masks, and splash shields while in contact with passengers. (Photo: CTV/Vietnam+) Regarding passengers’ complaints about the quality of disinfectant solution at the station nhà Noi Bai Airport As a foreign country, on the evening of May 29, the leader of Noi Bai International Airport confirmed that this information was completely incorrect. Previously, on May 27, a passenger on flight QH1213 from Hanoi to Quy Nhon via Noi Bai International Airport reported that the quality of disinfectant solution at passenger terminal T1 was water and not guaranteed. According to a report by Noi Bai International Airport, the solutions contained in the bottles of Hazoku brand hand sanitizer located at the T1 passenger terminal area are disinfectant water (HIPOCLORO acid disinfectant solution). This solution is produced from the OSG factory in Japan, sponsored by BPS Vietnam Trading and Service Co., Ltd., free of charge for the Port to use in the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic. “This is an antiseptic hand sanitizer solution that is colorless, odorless, safe, environmentally friendly and has been tested by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases of Japan; Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute (Ministry of Health) and Quatest 3 Center (General Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality). The solution is very effective in inactivating the virus, has outstanding antibacterial effect and ensures that it meets the standards of disinfection and prevention. COVID-19 epidemic ,” emphasized the airport leader. Because the HIPOCLORO acid disinfectant solution that the port is sponsored is packed in 20l cans, Noi Bai Port has temporarily stored it in small plastic bottles of Hazoku brand – which is a system of Hazoku dry hand sanitizer bottles. previously used up by the port for the purpose of reuse. However, the reuse of plastic bottles for the purpose of limiting plastic waste emissions into the environment of the Port has led to the misunderstanding of the aforementioned guest about the quality of the product. antiseptic solution . “As soon as it received comments from passengers, Noi Bai Airport received, checked and confirmed that two types of antiseptic solutions currently used at Noi Bai passenger terminal are not water. , ensuring the disinfection and prevention of COVID-19,” the leader of Noi Bai airport affirmed. In addition, the Port is implementing the installation of automatic touch-sensitive hand sanitizer points to minimize the contact of passengers. Beyond 5K, Noi Bai International Airport has thoroughly grasped the subordinate units to strictly follow the issued plans and regulations on the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic, together with agencies and businesses at the Port to make an effort to ensure absolute safety for the airport. international gateway of the capital. Air traffic volume at Noi Bai International Airport is at the bottom point from the beginning of 2021 with days with less than 70 flights and approximately 6,000 passengers. However, even when there are no passengers, Noi Bai International Airport still tightens the prevention of COVID-19 epidemic in order to make the best efforts to ensure the port is a safe destination, join hands with the whole country to soon repel the epidemic. ./.

At the same time, the grant helps to urgently invest in the production system of materials and equipment to ensure the supply of a sufficient number of necessary vaccines, supplemented with the amount of imported vaccines, towards the completion of the Covid-19 vaccination program. -19 for the people of Vietnam right this year. Test injection of Nanocovax vaccine phase 1 at the Military Medical Academy. Photo: Viet Linh. In phase 3, the Nanocovax vaccine will be tested in multi-centers at domestic facilities with about 13,000 volunteers. In the North, there are Military Medical Academy and Hung Yen, in the South, there are Pasteur Institutes in Ho Chi Minh City and Long An. Phase 3 is divided into several sub-phases, first injecting 800 registered volunteers, then continuing to recruit more. The optimal dose chosen for phase 3 is 25 mcg. Through the study, all 3 dose groups of 25 mcg, 50 mcg and 75 mcg produced equivalent immunity, due to the equal effectiveness, the Ethics Committee chose the lowest dose for production, saving raw materials. If all goes well, by the end of September, phase 3 testing will be complete. At that time, Vietnam can produce the first Covid-19 vaccine. Exchange with Zing Mr. Ho Nhan, founder and general director of Nanogen Company, did not comment or disclose more about this information. He said the company has stocked up enough materials to produce a vaccine right after the third phase of testing is completed. The company said that if it goes well, it can produce 100 million doses this year. Nanocovax vaccine is Vietnam’s first Covid-19 vaccine that is allowed to be tested in clinical trials, manufactured by Nanogen Company based on recombinant protein technology. The phase 1 clinical trial took place from December 17, 2020, to the end of April completed the phase 2 trial on 560 volunteers, expanding the audience from 18 to over 60 years old, of which one the number of people with underlying diseases such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, grade 1 cardiovascular disease… are not too severe. Besides Nanocovax, the second domestic vaccine being tested is Covivac of IVAC Company, which has now completed phase 1 injection.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Doan Tan Buu, leaders of the Department of Health, CDC Dong Thap visited the testing process at CDC Dong Thap. (Photo: dongthap.gov.vn) Accordingly, the Director of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City under the Ministry of Health issued a decision to recognize the ability to confirm the SARS-CoV-2 virus by Realtime PCR (RT-PCR) for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Disease Control Department (Dong Thap CDC) and Dong Thap General Hospital. The laboratory for diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR at these 2 units meets the biosafety standards level 2, facilities, equipment and human resources meet the standards prescribed by the Ministry of Health. Medical. To increase reliability, Dong Thap CDC and Dong Thap General Hospital performed a PCR test to diagnose COVID-19 (62 samples from Dong Thap CDC, 20 samples from Dong Thap General Hospital). As a result, 100% of the samples tested by the two units gave similar results to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City. In terms of testing capacity, on average, Dong Thap CDC and Dong Thap General Hospital are capable of testing from 250-300 samples/machine per day. In urgent conditions, the demand for testing is high, can be equipped with an automatic extractor to increase testing capacity. Previously, CDC Dong Thap only performed a screening test for SARS-CoV-2, if a positive case was suspected, the sample had to be transferred to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City for confirmatory testing. Comrade Doan Tan Buu – Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee emphasized that being recognized as having sufficient testing capacity to confirm the SARS-CoV-2 virus not only affirms the professional capacity of the 2 units, and meets the time schedule. time to identify COVID-19 cases, reducing dependence on upline. This is very important in helping Dong Thap proactively implement measures to trace, monitor, isolate as well as implement synchronous measures to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic.

Giving certificates to 343 citizens who completed centralized isolation. (Photo: Chanh Da/VNA) On the morning of May 13, Bac Lieu Province’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control awarded certificate of completion of medical isolation period for 343 Vietnamese citizens returning from Taiwan, China. This is the 14th quarantine period, also the first time that Bac Lieu province has implemented according to the express dispatch No. 600/CD-BCD dated May 5, 2021 of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Previously, on the evening of April 21, two flights with the numbers BL141 and BL1163 brought 343 Vietnamese citizen Returned from Taiwan (China) and landed Can Tho International Airport . The citizens were taken by military vehicles of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control of Military Region 9 to a concentrated isolation facility in Student Housing Area, Ward 1, Bac Lieu City, operated by the Military Command. Bac Lieu province in charge. Most of the above-mentioned citizens are workers with expired contracts, elderly people, international students, pregnant women… stuck in Taiwan because airlines have stopped international flights due to international flights. COVID-19 epidemic . Bac Lieu Center for Disease Control took 343 test samples for the third time to send to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City on May 11, and on May 12, the Pasteur Institute announced the results, accordingly, all 343 citizens at the isolation facility are negative for SARS-CoV-2 and are in good health to certify completion of isolation./.