The daily number of COVID-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City from July 1 to October 16 |
District 5, district 11, Phu Nhuan and Cu chi districts have achieved their target of administering two doses to all residents aged 18 and older while full vaccination coverage rose to 99.8 percent in district 7.
HCMC has been allocated with 14,091,264 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, accounting for 20.39 percent of total vaccines delivered to Viet Nam so far.
The city planned to give vaccine to adolescents aged between 12 and 17 from October 22./.
As of 7:00 pm on Saturday, the city recorded 413,768 infection cases, including 16,151 fatalities since the fourth COVID-19 wave hit Viet Nam on April 27.
The daily number of infections has significantly decreased over the past days, allowing the southern economic hub to gradually reopen economic activities./.
By Quang Minh