Aviation staff in direct contact with passengers will have to wear transparent face shields and will be frequently tested for SARS-CoV-2 as part of the efforts to stop infections after two clusters in two major international airports were detected in Vietnam's latest community infection wave.

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed that the Ministry of Transport extend the closure of Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh until early March as part of efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s current biggest coronavirus hotspot of Hai Duong on February 17 afternoon recorded an additional 18 fresh local transmissions, raising the total number of locally transmitted cases in the locality to 557 since the recurrence of the virus on January 27.

VOV.VN - A number of bars and sidewalk eateries in Ho Chi Minh City continued to receive customers on the night of February 16, despite the local administration requesting them to temporarily close in an effort to prevent the spread of community infections of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded no new positive COVID-19 cases on February 17 morning, with the overall number of nCoV patients standing at 2,311, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed on February 15 that a Japanese expert who died at a hotel in Hanoi capital has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - The number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases nationwide increased to 2,228 after a further 33 positive cases were confirmed on February 14 by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - As many as 12,302 employees working at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, the largest in the north and second largest in Vietnam, have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Hanoi Department of Health announced on February 13.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese scientists found a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, A.23.1, which has attacked Africa has been detected in Vietnam closely linked to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son led a special task force for COVID-19 prevention and control to inspect the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the Cu Chi hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on February 11.