Covid yet to become common illness: health ministry

A girl has her health checked before getting Covid-19 vaccine in Hanoi in April 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Chieu

The end of Covid-19 should not be declared yet since its incidence has not stabilized and continues to fluctuate, the Ministry of Health has said.

In a communication to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday, it said for Covid to be considered a common illness, it needs to meet certain criteria like occurring in a specific population group or area and incidence being stable and predictable.

However, in most countries, the number of infections has been fluctuating and the trajectory of infections changes every time there is a new variant of the novel coronavirus.

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