05/02/2021
No new cases reported for first time since COVID-19’s resurgence
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s aggressive measures to contain the latest COVID-19 outbreaks have proved effective as no new cases were recorded on Friday morning.
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03/02/2021
Vietnam confirms 20 more COVID-19 cases
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam confirmed 20 more coronavirus cases, including 19 locally transmitted infections on Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
03/02/2021
Track and trace prioritized for pandemic control
(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested relevant agencies and localities to race against time in tracing contacts of infected people and zoning off infected areas to ensure a new normality during Lunar New Year holiday.
03/02/2021
Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority raises COVID-19 warning
(VOVWORLD) -The Civil Aviation Authority has urgently required airports and airlines to strictly comply with COVID-19 preventive measures following recent corona virus outbreaks in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh.
03/02/2021
Quang Ninh begins public health declaration
(VOVWORLD) - People in Quang Ninh province, a new hotspot of COVID-19 in Vietnam, must fill in health declarations, from Wednesday to next Tuesday, amid surging COVID-19 cases, said provincial People's Committee.
03/02/2021
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 92% effective in late-stage trial results
(VOVWORLD) - Scientists gave Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine the green light on Tuesday saying it was almost 92% effective in fighting COVID-19 based on peer-reviewed late-stage trial results published in The Lancet international medical journal.
03/02/2021
COVID-19: nine more cases detected, new hotspot in Central Highlands
(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Wednesday morning confirmed nine more coronavirus cases, including four in Gia Lai province, which has emerged as a new coronavirus hotspot over recent days.
02/02/2021
Vietnam records 30 new COVID-19 community infections
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed 31 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday evening, including 30 community infections and one imported case.
02/02/2021
30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Vietnam soon
(VOVWORLD) - 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca are expected to arrive in Vietnam in the first quarter of this year at the earliest, Deputy Health Minister Tran Van Thuan told a regular press briefing hosted by the Government on Tuesday.
02/02/2021
UK COVID-19 variant found in patients in Hai Duong, Quang Ninh
(VOVWORLD) - A new and more contagious variant of COVID-19 from the UK has been found in patients in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.
