VOV.VN - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long on May 29 warned about difficulties ahead in Vietnam’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic following the detection of a new mutated strain of the virus.
VOV.VN - The country is currently enduring its toughest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) wave since the start of the global pandemic, with the latest wave resulting in 3,104 cases of community transmission across 30 cities and provinces nationwide since April 27.
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has sent a letter, highly commending healthcare workers for their tireless efforts, even silent sacrifice, in the fight against COVID-19 to protect people’s health.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 24 suggested establishing a COVID-19 vaccine fund to mobilise resources for the country’s vaccine strategy.
VOV.VN - Many of the COVID-19 patients in Da Nang city, a coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, have carried either the variant B.1.1.7 first detected in the United Kingdom or the variant B.1.617.2 from India, according to the Ministry of Health.
VOV.VN - Bac Giang province remain Vietnam’s largest coronavirus hotspot as it has recorded 33 out of a total of 56 local cases announced by the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 24 morning.
VOV.VN - Vietnam will stick to its COVID-19 strategy it has adopted since the first wave of the coronavirus, experts agreed at a meeting of the national Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on May 10.
The Ministry of Health will join hands with relevant ministries and sectors to study and recommend the Government the suitable time to apply vaccine passports, with safety for locals being the overriding priority, said Deputy Minister Tran Van Thuan.
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.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed that a hotel receptionist in northern Yen Bai province has been infected with variant B.1.617 originating from India.