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YHDP YHDP Preventive medicine information
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Infectious diseases

COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccines in Vietnam are no longer authorised under the emergency use mechanism.

Transmission

Spread by respiratory droplets and airborne aerosols in enclosed spaces.

Symptoms

Fever, dry cough, tiredness, loss of smell and taste, sore throat, difficulty breathing, chest tightness.

Complications

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), cytokine storm, thromboembolism, multi-organ failure and death.

People at high risk

Older adults, immunocompromised people, people with heart disease, diabetes or obesity.