Many provinces and cities in Vietnam are experiencing vaccine shortages?

Yes, leaders in many places in Vietnam have recently reported that in the process of searching for vaccines, they encountered problems with vaccine supply sources and working mechanisms.

After learning that the government allowed Ho Chi Minh City to introduce vaccines independently, Da Nang city leaders also applied to purchase vaccines independently. Ngo Thi Kim Yen, director of the Da Nang City Health Department, said that on June 16, Da Nang City continued to apply to the government to independently purchase vaccines to vaccinate the people, and said that the city was negotiating to find vaccine supply sources.

At present, Da Nang City needs to vaccinate 800,000 people, which is equivalent to 1.6 million doses of vaccine. So far, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has conducted three rounds of vaccine distribution, and Da Nang City has only been allocated 33,000 doses of vaccine.

The epidemic crisis in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam:

On the morning of June 22, Saigon General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam announced that it would suspend the admission of patients. The specific reason was that on June 21, at the hospital, Five consecutive patients tested positive for COVID-19, and all were later diagnosed with COVID-19.

The current epidemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City can be described as being surrounded by crises. In recent days, there have been more than 100 new local cases every day, and new epidemic areas have been added every day. The daily increase has exceeded Bac Giang Province, ranking first. Vietnam ranks first in the country. The most frightening thing is not how many new cases are added every day, but that some new cases have not found the source of infection. This means that some asymptomatic infections have not been discovered and are still in the community. spreading the virus quietly.

The only way to filter out such asymptomatic infections is to test everyone in the city, but this requires a strong medical system and sufficient medical resources. Of course, Vietnam's medical system is relatively weak, and it is difficult for Ho Chi Minh City to achieve this.