(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization’s European office on Tuesday warned that the risk of COVID-19 has not gone away, saying it is still responsible for 1,000 deaths a week in the region.

(VOVWORLD) -The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of downgrading the COVID-19 status from a Group A infectious disease to Group B, according to a Government Office document.

(VOVWORLD) -Conditions are met to downgrade COVID-19 status from group A infectious diseases to group B, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health said Vietnam on Wednesday recorded 1,232 new COVID-19 cases, nearly double the previous day. Since the onset of the epidemic, Vietnam’s caseload has reached 11,612,608, ranking 13 out of 231 countries and territories.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has tasked the Health Ministry and related agencies to consider declaring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam recorded 1,050 new cases of COVID-19 and no deaths on Sunday, the day with the lowest number of new cases in the past 3 weeks, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam on Wednesday recorded 2,507 new cases of COVID-19, an increase of nearly 400 cases compared to the previous day.

(VOVWORLD) -Though The World Health Organization has declared an end to the COVID emergency, the pandemic is ongoing and has not become less dangerous, the WHO representative in Vietnam said at a press conference in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - World Health Organization (WHO) emergency director, Dr. Mike Ryan, last week said that despite the fact that the WHO has downgraded the status of the disease from a global health emergency to a global health threat, there is a need for continued vigilance by public health authorities.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, down nearly 1,000 cases compared to the previous day.