Three passengers from Vietnam found to be infected by coronavirus after arriving in Hong Kong were infected with the Delta variant, not Omicron, the Health Ministry said on December 14.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced the detection of a further 16,141 new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam on December 11 to bring the national tally since the start of the pandemic up to 1,395,561.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that relevant ministries swiftly tighten control over people who have come from or transited in countries which have detected the Omicron variant in order to prevent the potential transmission of the new variant.
VOV.VN - Although no Omicron cases have been reported in Vietnam, experts say the local health sector should be highly vigilant against the super-mutated variant that is spreading to a number of countries and territories globally.
VOV.VN - Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA director general has expressed great appreciation for the contributions made by member countries, including Vietnam, to a project aimed at renovating and expanding the IAEA's Nuclear Research and Application Complex (ReNuAL 2) in Seibersdorf, Austria.
VOV.VN - Thousands of teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 in Hai Phong, Hai Duong, and Can Tho were inoculated against COVID-19 on November 24 as part of a vaccination campaign taking place throughout the country.
VOV.VN - The Austrian Government donated a haul of 50,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the country on November 16 in support of its ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
VOV.VN - The Argentine Government on November 11 announced its decision to donate Vietnam 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in a nearly 1 million dose package for 5 countries around the world.
VOV.VN - The country’s COVID-19 tally rose to 976,672 cases since the start of the pandemic following the Health Ministry confirmed the detection of 7,988 new infections on November 8, while a total of 1,073 patients were also released from hospitals nationwide.
Foreign visitors to Phu Quoc, Khanh Hoa, Quang Nam, Da Nang and Quang Ninh – localities selected in a pilot reopening programme – will not have to quarantine from next month as long as they test negative for SARS-CoV-2.