VOV.VN - Vietnamese scientists found a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, A.23.1, which has attacked Africa has been detected in Vietnam closely linked to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son led a special task force for COVID-19 prevention and control to inspect the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the Cu Chi hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on February 11.

VOV.VN - As the largest city in the south of the country, Ho Chi Minh City has been requested to establish an epidemic command centre specifically aimed at bringing the metropolis’ latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak under control.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has allowed pandemic-hit localities, such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Hai Phong to deploy drastic COVID-19 prevention and control measures, including social distancing in an effort to effectively slow the spread of COVID-19.

VOV.VN - A further three new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were detected in the northern province of Quang Ninh on the morning of February 8, according to the provincial Department of Health.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thanh Phong, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, chaired an urgent meeting on February 8 to discuss novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention and control measures following the latest detection of an additional 24 high-risk cases of infection within the community.

VOV.VN - Four staff members of Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat Airport were confirmed to contract the SARS-CoV-2 virus by the Ministry of Health on February 8 morning, bringing the infection tally to 2,005 in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Preventive measures against COVID-19 have been tightened at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport after a coronavirus infection was confirmed and four others were suspected.

VOV.VN - Epidemiologists have disinfected Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport after an employee was infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said a leader of the country’s largest airport.

VOV.VN - A 28-year-old man working at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the HCM City Pasteur Institute said on February 6.