VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested that relevant agencies take a range of urgent and drastic measures aimed at ensuring the supply of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for citizens during the first quarter of the year.

VOV.VN - A COVID-19 patient detected in Ho Chi Minh City has carried the SARS-CoV-2 B117 variant originating from the UK following viral genome sequencing, according to local doctors.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed 31 new coronavirus cases on February 1, including 30 locally transmitted infections and an imported case, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi has recorded an additional four coronavirus cases in the morning of February 1, bringing the total number of positive infections in the locality to 19.

VOV.VN - As many as 16 cities and provinces nationwide have moved to temporarily shut schools a week ahead of the lunar New Year (Tet) break in an attempt to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on January 31 urged the country’s two coronavirus hotspots of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces to step up the fight against COVID-19 in an attempt to bring the fresh outbreak under control in six coming days.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi has registered two more locally transmitted cases of coronavirus, bringing its total number of fresh infections to 13.

VOV.VN - Six local residents of Ho Chi Minh City have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after having close contact with a COVID-19 patient announced by the Ministry of Health on January 28.

VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has stated that the latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) detected in Hai Duong province could have started up to 14 days previously, after the latest case was confirmed in the locality on January 28.

VOV.VN - The nation has shown an effective response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, even when there was no vaccine available, wrote Helge Berger, assistant director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Asia and Pacific Department, in an article recently published on Indian online newspaper ThePrint.