VOV.VN - The northern province of Vinh Phuc, a fresh coronavirus hotspot, held an emergency meeting on anti-coronavirus measures early on May 5 after eight more locals were diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, all closely linked to the Chinese case.

The Ministry of Health has recently sent a document on the extension of the concentrated quarantine period to directors of Centres for Disease Control (CDC), and Preventive Medicine Centres nationwide.

VOV.VN - The Da Nang administration has asked for the Prime Minister’s permission to temporarily suspend receiving flights that repatriate Vietnamese citizens left stranded overseas due to COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Relevant agencies are hunting for two Chinese citizens who managed to escape from a concentrated quarantine facility in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi district.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a rebuke to eight cities and provinces for their lax management of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) rules amid an increase in the potential threat of COVID-19 outbreaks occurring in these localities.

VOV.VN - Over the past 12 hours Vietnam has recorded no new coronavirus infections after announcing 20 cases, including eight locally transmitted cases, on May 2 afternoon.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that the responsibility of individuals and organisations on COVID-19 spread must be made clear, and asked competent authorities to mete strict punishment to any that violate regulations and have a role to play in the failure of the containment.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced on May 1 morning that Vietnam has not recorded new coronavirus cases in the community during the past 12 hours, though it is likely that more cases will be detected in the coming days.

VOV.VN - Authorities in the northern province of Ha Nam scrambled to deploy anti-coronavirus measures after recording five infections in the local community.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Ha Nam has moved to cordon off a village after a coronavirus infection case was detected on April 28.