#Coronavirus

Vietnam is basically assessed as a COVID-19 ‘green zone’ – an area where the coronavirus is under control, the Ministry of Health has announced.

Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has yet to inoculate its children aged 12 to 17 against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the HCM City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at a press briefing on October 18.

The authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, are planning to apply “green cards” in order to ease social distancing restrictions for people who have received one or two doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

The capital of Hanoi is considering extending social distancing measures as the fresh coronavirus outbreak is yet to show signs of abating.

Vietnam has confirmed 4,271 more coronavirus cases, including four imported cases, in 17 cities and provinces across the country during the past 12 hours, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH) on August 4 morning.

Seven positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have been found to be carrying the B.1.617.2 strain of the virus which originates from India.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 31 more community infections during the past six hours, including 22 cases in Hanoi capital.

PSNews - Hanoi authorities on April 26 decided to halt festivals, firework, close walking street areas, and limit unnecessary large gatherings in the capital city over coronavirus fears.

PSNews - The central province of Quang Nam has put forward plans to host international tourists with “vaccine passports” and negative coronavirus tests.

A COVID-19 patient in Hanoi, who was discharged from hospital, tested positive for coronavirus again.

The Ministry of Health has moved to license the AstraZeneca novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine developed by Oxford University in the UK to be used to combat the pandemic in Vietnam.

Automatons have been chipping in with the effort to beat Covid, from disinfecting hospitals to delivering groceries

PSNews - Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Ministry of Health’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department on June 18 informed, the patient’s lungs of British pilot, Vietnam’s most critically ill COVID-19 patient, known as patient 91 have recovered almost 90%, while his heart, livers and kidneys function normally.

Developed economies are expected to enjoy a US$6 trillion rise in stock markets globally, with the majority investing in emerging or marginal markets such as Vietnam in search of attractive returns following the peak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Vaccinating the poorest half of humanity – 3.7 billion people - against coronavirus could cost less than the ten biggest pharmaceutical companies make in four months, Oxfam said o

President Donald Trump said on Monday he will suspend all immigration into the United States temporarily through an executive order in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect American jobs.

Medical researchers have been studying everything we know about Covid-19. What have they learned – and is it enough to halt the pandemic?

Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People Committee urged the city's pharmacies to report on people buying medicines for cold, cough and fever in recent days as authorities keep up efforts to find potential "high-risk" COVID-19 infections

Doctors have found tentative evidence that seriously ill coronavirus patients can benefit from infusions of blood plasma collected from people who have recovered from the disease.

The rate of new coronavirus infections and deaths in Spain slowed again on Sunday as the country, suffering from one of the world’s worst outbreaks of the pandemic, began its fourth week under a near-total lockdown.