VOV.VN - Medical workers directly involved in treating COVID-19 patients at 18 medical facilities and prioritised categories of people in 13 pandemic-hit localities will be among the first to be vaccinated throughout March and April, with the COVID-19 epicentre of Hai Duong being given the highest priority.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the discovery of seven fresh COVID-19 cases on the morning of March 6, including six in Hai Duong province, the nation’s current biggest coronavirus hotspot, and one imported case in Thai Nguyen province.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on March 5 afternoon reported an additional six new COVID-19 cases imported into the nation, including one found in Binh Duong, one in Tay Ninh and four in Kien Giang, bringing the imported infection count in Vietnam to 922.

VOV.VN - A total of 367 volunteers, including 30 people over the age of 60, have been injected with Nano Covax, the nation’s first locally-produced novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine as part of the second phase of human trials, according to the Military Medical University.

VOV.VN - The first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine produced in the Republic of Korea (RoK), will be injected into local people from March 8, said Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5.

VOV.VN - The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) unveiled on the morning of March 5 that they have begun the process of receiving registrations from volunteers to participate in the initial phase of clinical trials for the second domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine known as Covivac.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan on March 4, during which they discussed measures to bolster trade exchange and speed up post-pandemic economic recovery, as well as the facilitation of travelling between the two sides.

Thailand has received the first 200,00 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China’s pharmaceutical manufacturer Sinovac Biotech, and the Government has worked out a plan for COVID-19 vaccine management and distribution.

VOV.VN - The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), working in co-ordination with the Hanoi Medical University, has prepared training ahead of the first phase of clinical trials to test the effectiveness of the home-grown Covivac vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in mid-March.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed three new imported cases of COVID-19 on March 3 morning, raising the national tally of imported cases to 914, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.