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Of which, the number of people fully vaccinated with two doses is 182,481.
From 11 pm on June 29, the People's Committee of Thong Nhat district, Dong Nai province decided to implement a strict social distancing order under Directive No. 16/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister in the four communes of Gia Kiem, Gia Tan 1, Gia Tan 2 and Gia Tan 3, aimed at preventing the spread of the disease.
26 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in these localities in the last three days, related to an outbreak at the Hoc Mon wholesale market in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Dong Nai province has decided to establish 121 COVID-19 safety inspection teams at businesses and in industrial parks. In addition to inspections, they will also regularly monitor and guide epidemic prevention and control to ensure safe production and limit the impact of the epidemic on local socio-economic development.
The Centre for Disease Control of Quang Ngai Province (Quang Ngai CDC) has been granted an allowance from the Pasteur Nha Trang Institute in carrying out COVID-19 confirmation tests. It has been tasked with supporting other localities in COVID-19 testing when requested.
The centre is capable of carrying out testing on an average of 500 samples or 5,000 aggregate samples per day.
Up to this point, Quang Ngai province has two units for confirming tests, the other being the Department of Microbiology under the Quang Ngai Provincial General Hospital.
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Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing from local residents in Pho Thanh ward and Pho Chau commune in Duc Pho town, Quang Ngai province. (Photo: NDO/Hien Cu)
On the morning of June 30, Quang Ngai recorded eight more positive cases of SARS-CoV-2, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Pho Thanh and Pho Chau to 70.
In Long An province, its General Hospital located in Tan An city will temporarily suspend operations for 72 hours, from 9 pm on June 29 until new notice, as a cleaning worker there is suspected of having contracted COVID-19.
The hospital has asked all staff and medical workers to temporarily stay at the facility. It has been disinfected with all risk factors reviewed to ensure its safety to operate again in the next few days.
On the morning of June 30, at the headquarters of the General Association of Vietnamese People in Laos in Vientiane, the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos presented 20,000 medical masks to the Vietnamese community in the host country. Previously, the Vietnamese Government also donated 75,000 medical masks to support overseas Vietnamese in Laos.
Speaking at the ceremony, Vu Tu Oanh, Community Counsellor in the embassy, said the Prime Minister has agreed to support the Vietnamese community in Laos with US$40,000 from the Vietnam Fund Against COVID-19. In the near future, the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos will receive the money and give it to the General Association of Vietnamese People in Laos.
