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During a press meeting on July 30, the vice chairman of HCM City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc said the most important thing is to strictly follow preventive regulations.
"We can see that the curve is flattening as predicted. With co-operation from both state agencies and the public, we can control the outbreak soon," Duc said. "One of the key policies is to protect the Covid-19 free areas and quarantine small clusters."
HCM City authorities are speeding up the vaccination programme. Duc has asked Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on August 4 to allocate more vaccines to HCM City. The city aims to vaccinate all seven million adults. As of now, two million people have been vaccinated. The city wants to receive 5.5 million doses of vaccine in August to achieve the goal and needs an average of 210,000 doses of vaccines daily.
The fifth vaccination wave concluded on August 3 with over 930,000 doses administered in 10 days. The city has opened vaccination spots at hospitals, medical stations and mobile vaccination teams.
