VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has approved Sunkovir, the first Made-in-Vietnam herbal medicine to treat COVID -19, for circulation in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, has recently requested that its medical facilities ready plans for the acceptance and treatment of COVID-19 patients amid increases in the number of new cases.

VOV.VN - The COVID-19 treatment hospital being run by the Hanoi Medical University Hospital typically receives six to eight F0 cases each day, the majority of them being elderly people or those with underlying illness.

Molnupiravir Stella 200mg, a drug from Stellapharm J.V.Co. Ltd., has been authorised by the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) for the domestic treatment of COVID-19.

The targets set for 2022, including the growth target of 6-6.5%, remain a huge challenge given the domestic and international situation, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said at the third session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi on May 23.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted Singapore as one of the country’s leading partners in the region during a reception held on May 19 in Hanoi for Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin.

VOV.VN - The capital has decided to suspend the operations of 13 medical facilities which were being used to treat COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms, amid new infections, severe cases, and deaths being on the decline.

VOV.VN - The Government has asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to consider lowering the infection risk level of COVID-19 from group A, made up of very dangerous infectious diseases, to group B which consists of dangerous infectious diseases.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese pharmaceutical company Stellapharm has been licensed by international public health group Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to produce Pfizer's COVID-19 treatment pills containing the active ingredient nirmatrelvir.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has urged the Government to early issue a master plan on COVID-19 prevention and control for 2022-2023 to deal with many urgent issues such as COVID-19 test kit prices, the opening of tourism sector amid the rising infection number.