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The Vietnamese Ministry of Health today reported 14,922 additional cases of COVID-19, including 8,499 in Ho Chi Minh City.
In addition to the Ho Chi Minh City tally, a significant number of cases have been reported in Binh Duong (3,676), Dong Nai (986), Long An (564) and Tay Ninh (267).
Compared to the previous day, the number of infections recorded in the country increased by 1,708 cases and Ho Chi Minh City increased by 2,536 cases.
Since the start of the epidemic, Vietnam has recorded 501,649 infections and since April 27 (the fourth wave), 497,391 cases have been reported. A total of 12,446 COVID-19-related deaths have been reported after the addition of 308 deaths today.
On September 2, 283,221 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were injected. Thus, the total number of vaccine doses administered was 20,831,478 doses, of which 17,872,356 doses were administered and 2,959,122 doses were administered.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Wednesday that Vietnam could face a long battle against the coronavirus and cannot count on lockdown and quarantine measures indefinitely.
Vietnam has deployed soldiers and forced residents of its largest city to stay at home in recent weeks, in its most drastic measures yet to tackle an outbreak that shattered what was one of the best records in Vietnam. confinement to the world.
“We cannot resort to quarantine and lockdown measures forever, because it will cause hardship for the people and the economy,” he said.
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