(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday attended the inauguration of the telehealth platform connecting all district hospitals and the launch of the National Technology Center for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to step up COVID-19 screening and testing in the community, especially in high-risk places such as markets, bus stations, and airports.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Transport has approved the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to halt all commercial flights between provinces and cities that are social distancing, including Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City route and vice versa.

(VOVWORLD) - Three new intensive care centers for COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City with doctors and medical staff coming from three central-level hospitals nationwide began to receive patients in critical conditions for treatment on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - The National Ethics Committee in Biomedical Research under the Ministry of Health on Saturday held an urgent online meeting to review the results of the first phase of clinical trials of Vietnam’s domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, and to pass the mid-term assessment of its second phase.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam m recorded 4,941 new COVID-19 infections, including 4,937 domestic and four imported cases, in the past 12 hours to 6am on Sunday, the Ministry of Health said.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam reported 3,540 COVID-19 cases, including one imported, in the past over 12 hours to 6.30pm on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections in the day to 7,334, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Relevant agencies of the Ministry of Health convened with Nano Covax vaccine research group on Saturday to evaluate results of human trials in phase 1 and 2. The initial results show that the vaccine is safe and produces immunogenicity.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 3,794 new COVID-19 cases in 12 hours to 6am on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus said the world is now in a period of real danger and many achievements in the fight against the coronavirus will be challenged.