As planned, 1,682,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine provided by the Covax Facility arrived in Vietnam on May 16.

The US announcement to support the waiver of IP protection on Covid-19 vaccine has not been the good news that was previously expected.

The Indian strain of Covid-19 is more contagious and more fatal. Vietnam is rushing to sequence the gene in Covid-19 infections in four Indian experts who are currently in Vietnam. 

The Ministry of Health’s statistics show that more than 80% of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam had only mild symptoms such as mild fever, cough, and fatigue, and recovered on their own after about one week.

While negotiating with foreign vaccine providers, Vietnam will accelerate vaccine purchases to ensure that all people have access to Covid-19 vaccines.

Vietnam has discovered four strains of SARS-CoV-2, including one found in the UK which is more contagious.

Vietnam has negotiated to buy 60 million doses of vaccines and needs an additional 90 million doses, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long at a meeting on February 19.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long says the Covid-19 pandemic will not end in the first half of this year. He also asked provinces and cities to immediately prepare three scenarios to respond to the pandemic.

On the afternoon of February 16, Vietnam reported 40 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number to 2,311.

The SASR-CoV-2 virus strain found in patients who are employees at HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat airport appear for the first time in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

On the morning of February 11, Vietnam recorded 18 more cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number to 2,019.

Four new nCoV-positive cases related to the outbreaks at Van Don airport and Hai Duong province have brought the number of infections in Quang Ninh to 57 people.

Vietnam reported 16 new cases of Covid-19, including 13 locally-transmitted and 3 imported cases at 6pm, February 9, bringing the total number to 2,069.

This morning, February 9, Vietnam recorded three new cases of Covid-19 in the northern province of Quang Ninh, bringing the total number of patients to 2,053.

On the afternoon of February 7, Vietnam recorded 16 new cases of Covid-19 in the northern province of Hai Duong, the country’s largest Covid-19 hotspot, bringing the total number to 2,001 patients.

VietNamNet’s Pham Cong visited Field Hospital No.1 in Chi Linh city of Hai Duong province, Vietnam’s Covid-19 hotspot, where 164 Covid-19 patients are treated. 

On the afternoon of February 5, Vietnam recorded 19 more cases of Covid-19. The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang reported the first case.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai affirmed that essential goods for people in the epidemic-hit and neighboring areas will be fully provided.

On the morning of February 3, Vietnam recorded 9 Covid-19 community infection cases in four provinces, bringing the total number to 1,891.