VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to get access to coronavirus vaccine supplies from the United States to support its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has told people who have returned to the city from other provinces and cities in the past 14 days to complete ‘honest’ health declarations amid the unpredictable COVID-19 situation across the country.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, chaired an urgent meeting on February 8 to discuss novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention and control measures following the latest detection of an additional 24 high-risk cases of infection within the community.

VOV.VN - Hanoi also reported the latest detection of two more new positive COVID-19 cases in the community on the morning of February 8.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is set to conduct mass testing for approximately 5,00000 citizens who recently returned from COVID-19) hotspots in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces, according to information released by the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (Hanoi CDC).

VOV.VN - The capital is set to test all of the 100 samples of imported food for SARS-CoV-2 in order to ensure safety for local people during the upcoming 13th National Party Congress, according to Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

VOV.VN - A 22-year-old Vietnamese student who recently returned from the United States and was in quarantine in Chuong My district of Hanoi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after being permitted to return home.

A prison term from 10 to 11 years has been proposed for Nguyen Nhat Cam, former director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control (CDC Hanoi), for “violations on bidding regulations that causes serious consequences”.

VOV.VN - A 21-year-old man from Hanoi who had previously been discharged from hospital for a period of two months after recovering from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), has once again tested positive for the virus.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Centre for Disease Control and Prevent (CDC Hanoi) has announced all nine individuals who came into close contact with a Hanoian man suspected of being positive for COVID-19 in Japan have tested negative for the virus.