Hanoi has asked all educational institutions to strictly implement measures to prevent and control diseases, including the Covid-19 pandemic.

Asymptomatic Covid-19 people in self-isolation period can voluntarily go to work if they strictly follow the regulations of the health sector.

The capital focuses on three main solutions, which are boosting vaccination, providing adequate and timely drugs to patients, and strictly managing patients treated at home.

Hanoi's healthcare facilities are treating nearly 9,500 Covid-19 patients - a record number of patients since the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the country early last year.

Hanoi's coronavirus situation is alarming with an upward trend of new infections. A sharp increase is predicted during the Tet holiday.

Vietnam's health sector has surveyed and evaluated the capacity of oxygen production nationwide, which showed that the ability to supply oxygen from domestic production units was 30 times higher than the current demand in hospitals.

The system helps health workers easily track people leaving the quarantine center without authorization.