More than 1,500 children orphaned by Covid-19 in Ho Chi Minh City

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HO CHI MINH VILLE, September 17 (dpa): Education officials in Ho Chi Minh City seek help from local authorities to care for 1,517 orphans who have lost one or both parents to Covid -19.

The latest wave of Covid-19 in Vietnam’s largest city stands out as the deadliest in the entire pandemic and has directly affected the lives of students and teachers, the Ministry of Education and Training said in a report.

According to the latest statistics, 10,073 high school students and 3,386 teachers have contracted Covid-19, while 1,517 students have been orphaned, according to the report.

To support orphaned children, city authorities announced Thursday that they would search for their loved ones. If there are none, they will ask volunteer families to look after them or take the children to local welfare centers.

Despite reporting 5,300 cases and 189 deaths respectively on Wednesday, Ho Chi Minh City has eased restrictions in recent days.

The southern metropolis, which is by far the worst-affected area in Vietnam, has recorded more than 315,000 local infections in the past six months, accounting for about half of the country’s 645,000 community transmissions since the start of the fourth wave. April 27.

Vietnam has reported 16,186 coronavirus-related deaths during the pandemic, representing about 2.5% of all people infected with the coronavirus.

As of September 15, Vietnam had administered a single dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to more than 31 million people, out of a total population of 98 million.

With only 6% of its population fully vaccinated, Vietnam has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Asia. – dpa


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