VOV.VN - Thirty-seven people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in eight Vietnamese localities during the past six hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its 12.00am COVID-19 update on June 26.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is set to allow F1 cases involving individuals who came into first-hand contact with a OVID-19 patient to quarantine at home in an effort to ease pressure on concentrated isolation facilities, as well as frontline healthcare workers.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed an eight-month exemption of health insurance premiums, until January next year, for labourers and firms victimised by COVID-19.

Deputy Minister of National Defence, Lieut. Gen. Vu Hai San on June 1 urged military units to roll out COVID-19 prevention and control measures synchronously and effectively, saying they must be done sooner and at a higher level.

Hanoi authorities have ordered 19 local hotels which provide COVID-19 quarantine services to install surveillance cameras for better monitoring.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a further 30 coronavirus cases in four localities during the past six hours, raising Vietnam’s 18-hour infection number to 82.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has recorded an additional 22 coronavirus cases, including 19 locally transmitted infections, at quarantine facilities across the country.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed 16 more coronavirus infections in five localities on the evening of May 10, raising the total number of locally transmitted infections during the day to 125.

VOV.VN - Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on May 6 outlined a number of important lessons that should be learnt from a COVID-19 outbreak hitting the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The latest COVID-19 wave to hit Vietnam is more complicated to deal with than previous ones as there are various sources of infection, according to Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, former director of the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health.