Additional 3,342 new Covid-19 cases confirmed on Thursday

Vietnam has reported an additional 3,342 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health.

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According to the ministry's report, the national caseload has so far increased to 11,396,205. There has been a growing number of infections in the country recorded in August, with many severe cases and unvaccinated deaths accounting for up to 25% of the total infections.

On August 25, an additional 12,747 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 10.11 million.

On Thursday evening, two deaths from Covid-19 were recorded, raising the country's total fatalities to 43,110, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections.

By August 25, the country had injected more than 255 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.

Vietnam has not yet drafted plans to give Covid-19 vaccines to children under five years old. The country is targeting the completion of Covid-19 inoculation for children aged between 5 - 11 in August, as well as the administration of the third shot for those aged 12 - 17, as well as the third and fourth doses to people aged 18 and above as soon as possible.

More doses of Moderna vaccine against the Covid-19 for children will arrive in Vietnam next month, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

The country has detected a number of new, highly-contagious Omicron sub-variants, including BA.2.74, besides other variants of BA.4, BA.5, and BA.2.12.1, according to the department.