Vietnam confirms nearly 4,000 community cases out of 7,930 new infections

The nation recorded a further 7,930 COVID-19 infections, including 12 imported cases, across 59 cities and provinces nationwide on November 11, a fall of 911 cases compared to the previous day.

Of the day's tally, nearly 4,000 cases were detected within the community. Ho Chi Minh City recorded the highest number of infections with 1,414, followed by the neighbouring province of Dong Nai with 848, and Binh Duong with 627.

Elsewhere, Hanoi registered 80 new cases, with the majority of them being found among the community. This comes after the capital was recently warned of the high risk of COVID-19 outbreaks amid a growing number of locally transmitted cases.

Of the day's tally, nearly 4,000 cases were detected within the community.

The COVID-19 death toll nationwide also rose to 22,765 with the confirmation of 79 deaths over the past 24 hours.

A total of 1,254 recoveries were reported on November 10, taking the total number of patients given the all-clear to 844,054. More than 93.9 million vaccine doses have now been administered, with over 31.1 people having received two doses.

The country is poised to begin giving COVID-19 booster shots either at the end of 2021 or early 2022, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

During the course of a recent session with the National Assembly, Minister Long said the nation has had contracts and agreements in place in order secure approximately 200 COVId-19 vaccine doses, with 125 million doses having already arrived.

The Health Ministry is therefore in the process of speeding up receiving vaccine doses by the end of the year to inoculate people for free.

At present, the nation has vaccinated around 84% of its adult population with at least one dose, whilst 40% have been given two doses.

Moreover, nearly 792,000 children aged between 12 and 17 in Hanoi are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of the year and into the first quarter of 2022.

The scheme will be implemented through different phases, with priority given to older ones.

The objective of the scheme is to get 95% of eligible children aged from 12 to 17 vaccinated against COVID-19, thereby minimizing infection numbers and the death toll caused by the pandemic.