VOV.VN - Vietnamese people should take adequate precautions against COVID-19 as the current outbreak is expected to reach its peak in 10 days’ time, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son warned August 5.

VOV.VN - Experts from the Ministries of Health and Construction arrived in Da Nang on August 5 to inspect work on a huge field hospital at Tien Son Sport Complex, which is taking shape and poised to receive and treat COVID-19 patients in a couple of days.

VOV.VN - Recent days have seen an increasing number of Da Nang residents head to healthcare centres in wards around the city to fill out medical declarations and do rapid COVID-19 tests to ensure safety and curb spread of the epidemic in the community.

VOV.VN - As the country’s latest COVID-19 hotspot, Da Nang city is considering implementing a home quarantine on individuals in the event that the number of infections increases rapidly, said Huynh Duc Tho, head of the municipal administration.

VOV.VN - No additional novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have been reported at Da Nang Hospital, one of the three medical facilities that have emerged as hotspots in Da Nang, following the thorough deployment of a range of cleaning and disinfection.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang is stepping up construction of a field hospital at the Tien Son Sports Centre in an effort to deal with the fresh COVID-19 outbreak which has recently hit the city.

VOV.VN - A further 28 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on the afternoon of August 1, bringing the total count to 40 cases in a single day, and to 586 nationwide.

VOV.VN - Joint forces are racing against time to build a field hospital in the central city which has reported more than 100 locally transmitted coronavirus infections for just a week.

VOV.VN - The country’s leading real estate and retail conglomerate Vingroup announced plans on July 31 to donate 100 ventilators to assist Da Nang in its latest battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - The first death from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been recorded in Vietnam since the outbreak of the respiratory illness hit the nation in January, adding to fears regarding the spread of the virus.