VOV.VN - Nine crew members onboard Ashico Victoria, a Panamanian vessel anchored off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on May 27, according to Nguyen Tan Binh, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

VOV.VN - The Department of Overseas Labour (DoLAB) announced on May 18 that labour export activities to Taiwan (China) will be suspended as of May 19 until June 18 as part of efforts to deal with a recent surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan.

VOV.VN - Dien Bien Phu City in Dien Bien province has launched a massive testing campaign for over 200 local people in Him Lam ward following the detection of two individuals infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s COVID-19 testing capacity has been significantly improved, with several laboratories across the country capable of handling up to 100,000 samples per day, according to figures given by representatives from the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Center for Disease Control (HCDC) has identified four new cases diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus related to flight VN160 on April 29, the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and an outbreak in the capital’s Thanh Xuan district, according to the Hanoi Health Department.

VOV.VN - A further 5 positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 related to an outbreak in the northern province of Bac Ninh and the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in the capital city were detected on May 9 morning, according to the Hanoi Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - Three positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients who are all employees of karaoke bar Sunny Club in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have been confirmed to be carrying the B.1.617.2 strain of the virus from India.

The Ministry of Health has recently sent a document on the extension of the concentrated quarantine period to directors of Centres for Disease Control (CDC), and Preventive Medicine Centres nationwide.

VOV.VN - A total of 20 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on May 2, including 12 imported entrants, and 8 community infections in the northern provinces of Ha Nam and Vinh Phuc, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Amid various complicated developments relating to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a broad array of localities nationwide have raised the level of COVID-19 prevention and control.