Ministry of Health: The number of critical cases dropped sharply after a month of safe adaptation
After more than a month of safe adaptation, the number of deaths from Covid-19 nationwide decreased by 46%; Cases being treated at the hospital decreased by 25%.
At the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on the morning of November 20, the Ministry of Health reported that in the first month of implementation of regulations on safe adaptation, the Ministry of Health reported that From October 11 to November 19, the whole country recorded more than 105,500 community infections. Compared with the previous month, the number of community infections increased by 2.9%, but deaths and severe and critical cases both decreased sharply; in which severe and critical cases decreased by 40% compared to the previous month.
According to the Ministry of Health, up to now, the epidemic situation has been basically controlled nationwide. However, the number of community cases is increasing in many localities. In the past week, the number of community infections increased in 35 provinces and cities. The cause is that the pathogen already exists in the community, many cases are asymptomatic, the source of infection is unknown, and are related to people returning from epidemic areas.
Outbreaks are concentrated in densely populated areas, especially in areas with large trade and travel.
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long reported at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, on the morning of November 20. Photo: TTX
By November 19, Vietnam had received 131.2 million doses of vaccine; allocating 129.6 million doses; 1.6 million doses have not been allocated because they have just been received and are being tested. The whole country has injected more than 106 million doses; nearly 90% of the adult population gets one shot; 53% of the population received the full dose. There are 18 provinces and cities that are vaccinating children aged 12-17.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said today's meeting was to review the situation after more than a month of implementing the Government's Resolution and the Ministry of Health's professional guidance on safe adaptation to Covid-19. He asked to evaluate the things that have been done and not done, analyze the causes, especially the subjective causes; The contents need to be supplemented and adjusted to better achieve the goal of both effective epidemic prevention and safe and sustainable socio-economic recovery and development in the coming time.
On October 11, the Government issued a resolution to temporarily regulate "Safe adaptation, flexibility and effective control of the Covid-19 epidemic", stating the goal of minimizing infections, severe cases, and deaths. due to Covid-19; socio-economic recovery and development; realize the dual goal of bringing the whole country to a new normal as soon as possible, striving in 2021.
According to Vnexpress.