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Ho Chi Minh City Plans Strategies To Deal With Omicron Variant, Prepares To Reopen Schools

In a 29th November Covid-19 briefing, Ho Chi Minh City authorities addressed local press on its preparation for the Omicron variant.

HCMC will issue a new decree specifying relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions on 1st October as the city is ready to live with the pandemic.

In our interview, Dr Lê Ngọc Hồng Hạnh, a pediatric physician, gives us a glimpse of the harsh and unrelenting life in Covid-19 wards.

HCMC has announced that food stalls are allowed to open for takeaways, but many citizens are worried about the delivery costs.

On 5th September, Ho Chi Minh City announced plans to reopen. District 7 will be the first to do so, starting from 20th September.

After being stopped for a Covid-19 violation, a young lady decides to take others down with her by falsely reporting a person nearby.

A 8-year-old girl whose dad is infected with Covid-19 begs a doctor to give her mom oxygen. She has no idea that her mom has passed on.

Amid a steady rise in Covid-19 infections, Saigon's citywide movement and safety restrictions will be heightened for the next 2 weeks.

From 9th July until 24th July, Saigon will be put on the highest level of movement restrictions as daily cases increase drastically.

After 120 COVID-19 cases were registered at Nidec Sankyo, the company pitched 500 tents in its parking space for its quarantined employees.