HCMC has begun to see a drop in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, especially the decline in severe patients and death rates.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed six more coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, all detected in Hai Duong province, the country’s epicenter of the fresh outbreak.

A total of 21 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported over the weekend, including 15 on Sunday.

Forty new community COVID-19 cases were detected on Monday, including two in Hanoi.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has ordered the northern province of Hai Duong considering implementing the Prime Minister’s Decree 16/CT-TTg on a wider scale to avoid getting behind developments of the pandemic.

Most of the Covid-19 patients detected at HCMC-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport are asymptomatic while many others have tested negative for Covid-19 after a short time of treatment.

Fifty-three new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Saturday evening, raising the total number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam to 2,195, the Ministry of Health announced.

Ho Chi Minh City has seen two new cases testing positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on February 12 and 13, and both are linked with the hotbed in Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

A total of 775 people completed their concentrated quarantine period in Dong Nai, Bac Lieu and Quang Ninh provinces on February 11, or the last day of the lunar year, and were allowed to go home, just on time to celebrate Tet with their families.

Thirty six new COVID-19 cases were reported in Vietnamon Sunday evening, including 17 community infections.

Vietnam has prepared for an escalation of the Covid-19 infection cases and will strive for controlling the epidemic by February 6.

According to experts, the new variant, recorded in South Africa, has a higher speed of spreading than those discovered from the first outbreak of the pandemic.

All schools in Hanoi from kindergarten level will close between February 1 and February 16 to prevent the spreading of the novel coronavirus.

Vietnam detects first COVID-19 case carrying the newly found, highly contagious variant of coronavirus on Saturday.

Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on September 6 morning, keeping the national count at 1,049, including 691 locally-transmitted cases, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Two more residents have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Vietnam, while national death toll has risen to 27 after a fatality was registered on August 23, the Ministry of Health reported at 18.00hrs.

A total of 232 Vietnamese returning from Malaysia who were in quarantine in the south central province of Ninh Thuan had first test results negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to the provincial Center for Disease Control.

A woman being treated for COVID-19 in Da Nang has given birth to a healthy baby girl.

Vietnam has registered 11 more new cases of COVID-19, including 11 detected in Da Nang outbreak, one in Hanoi capital and two of entry, lifting the national tally to 962, the Ministry of Health reported on August 16 afternoon.