VOV.VN - The first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine produced in the Republic of Korea (RoK), will be injected into local people from March 8, said Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5.

VOV.VN - The nation detected no additional COVID-19 infections on the morning of March 5, leaving the overall number of cases unchanged at 2,488, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded six more locally transmitted coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, all living in Hai Duong province, the epicenter of the country’s fresh coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Health said in its 18.00hrs update.

VOV.VN - Recent days has seen hundreds of containers flock to Cam Giang and Nam Sach districts in Hai Duong province, the nation’s largest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot, to transport carrots to Hai Phong port before being exported to the Republic of Korea (RoK).

VOV.VN - A further five community cases of COVID-19 were detected in the biggest coronavirus hotspot of Hai Duong, taking the total number of local transmissions in Vietnam to 1,566, the Ministry of Health reported on March 3 afternoon.

VOV.VN - The administration of Hai Duong province moved to officially bring social distancing measures to an end throughout the province on March 3, along with lifting lockdowns placed on Chi Linh city and Cam Giang district as of this morning.

The COVID-19 prevention and control work needs to ensure the twin targets of pandemic prevention and economic recovery and development so as not to affect production and business activities, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said at the Government’s regular press conference on March 2.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed three new imported cases of COVID-19 on March 3 morning, raising the national tally of imported cases to 914, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported the detection of an additional 13 fresh COVID-19 cases on the afternoon of March 1, raising the national infection tally to 2,461.

VOV.VN - Teachers, parents, and school staff in Hanoi have spent the entire weekend cleaning classrooms and preparing schools ahead of the return of students on March 2 following a 14-day period without any fresh novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the capital.