VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Ministry of Health said it is closely monitoring the emergence of new sub-lineages of the Omicron variant that causes the COVID-19 disease worldwide to promptly adopt control measures if they are reported in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has yet to discover the emergence of BA.4 and BA.5 – the two sublineages of the Omicron variant following genome sequencing, the Ministry of Health said on April 12 evening.

VOV.VN - The number of newly detected coronavirus infections in Vietnam rose by more than 9,000 to 55,879 on February 22, a record high so far, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update at 06pm.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is randomly conducting genome sequencing of positive test samples for the emergence of the Omicron variant in the community, said an official of the municipal Department of Health.

VOV.VN - Local authorities of Ho Chi Minh City’s Go Vap district have moved to cordon off a monastery for contact tracing and genome sequencing after 54 people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus there.

VOV.VN - Three local residents of Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the Omicron variant in the community, said doctors of Hospital April 30 under the Ministry of Public Security.

VOV.VN - Five cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the municipal Department of Health.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent an urgent telegram requesting relevant agencies to take immediate actions to stop the Omicron outbreak in Quang Nam province after 14 cases were detected in the locality.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese epidemiologists have discovered an additional 14 Omicron cases following the first identified in Hanoi a couple of days ago.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on December 27 silenced rumours surfacing on social media that a local resident had contracted the new variant Omicron following a RT-PCR test at FV Hospital.