VOV.VN - The capital is set to allow F0 and F1 cases to quarantine at home in an effort to ease pressure placed on concentrated isolation facilities and reduce the risk of cross-infection occurring at concentrated quarantine centres.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has yet to implement an isolation plan for F1 and F0 cases at home despite a surge in coronavirus infections in the community these days, according to Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

VOV.VN - After over two months of enforcing social distancing measures to cope with the fourth wave of the COVID-19 outbreak, the pandemic situation in the capital has been contained, although the last few weeks have seen many community cases, especially outbreaks of unknown origin of infection.

VOV.VN - Hanoi's Center for Disease Control (CDC Hanoi) has announced plans to complete the vaccination process and give adults their second doses of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as preparing booster shots for next year.

Leaders of the Vietnamese Government have agreed on a set of criteria for the recognition and use of other countries' vaccine passports in Vietnam as proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference via videoconference on October 7.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of 5,490 new COVID-19 cases on October 2, thereby pushing the total during the latest wave’s to 798,626 infections.

VOV.VN - Pfizer/BioNTech will provide Vietnam with 31 million doses of its vaccine for adults this year, and 20 million doses for children as soon as the vaccine is approved, says Jonathan Selib, senior vice president of Pfizer.

The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has announced a list of COVID-19 hotlines for handling related information and opinions from local residents.

VOV.VN - Located in the heart of Hanoi, one of the priorities of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Southeast Asia Regional Office will be to co-ordinate COVID-19 prevention and control activities throughout the region.

VOV.VN - US Vice President Kamala Harris has visited Vietnam from August 24-26 as part of her first trip to Southeast Asia.