(VOVWORLD) - Australia’s government has said the country will begin reopening and avoid snap lockdowns once 70% of the entire adult population has been fully vaccinated.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Saturday morning, the world had recorded nearly 198 million COVID-19 cases and more than 4.22 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization said on Friday that the world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads, but WHO-approved vaccines remain effective.

(VOVWORLD) - Since HCM City imposed the most stringent social distancing under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16, people in central Vietnam have been sending agricultural products to those unlucky people who now find themselves in a pandemic hotspot.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Friday confirmed a total of 8,649 cases, the second highest recorded since the outset of the pandemic, according to the Ministry of Health. The day with the highest number of infections is July 24 with 9,225 cases.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday urged the Government and localities to give priority to pandemic prevention and control and protecting the health and life of the people first and foremost.

(VOVWORLD) - 3,850 COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City were discharged from hospital on Wednesday, raising the total number of recoveries so far to 25,189, according to the city’s Center for Disease Control (HCDC).

(VOVWORLD) - HCM city, the current epicenter of COVID-19 in Vietnam, reported no new clusters of infections on Thursday, keeping the number of clusters being isolated at 31, according to the municipal CDC.

(VOVWORLD) - Several central-level hospitals in Vietnam will help set up 3 COVID-19 intensive centers with 3,000 beds in HCM city in a bid to reduce deaths as the number of seriously ill patients continues to rise.

(VOVWORLD) - Military-run telecom provider Viettel has launched a COVID-19 vaccination management platform capable of updating 5 million shots per day.