(VOVWORLD) - The first clinical trial phase of Covivac, the second made-in-Vietnam COVID-19 vaccine, has been registering volunteers since Friday, according to the Health Ministry’s Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC).

(VOVWORLD) - An inoculation program using AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to start next Monday, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long told a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Friday morning, leaving the national tally at 2,488.

(VOVWORLD) -All passengers will have to make e-health declaration before boarding flights at airports across Vietnam at the request of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

(VOVWORLD) -Europe’s medicines regulator said on Thursday it has started an ongoing review of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Institute for possible approval in the region, in a major sign of confidence in the shot.

(VOVWORLD) - Six new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 12 hours to 6pm March 4, all in the northern province of Hai Duong, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - 115.8 million COVID-19 patients had been reported globally as of Thursday, with 2.5 million deaths, according to worldometers.info. The US, India, and Brazil have been hardest-hit nations.

(VOVWORLD) - A "Pandemic Classroom" exhibit was unveiled on Tuesday evening in the UN campus in Manhattan, New York, to highlight what UN children's education agency UNICEF calls the "COVID-19 education crisis."

(VOVWORLD) - More than 190,000 Vietnamese students are studying abroad, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. Because of COVID-19, many students have returned home to study online. As the epidemic continues, it’s difficult for them to return to school.

(VOVWORLD) - On Wednesday afternoon, Vietnam reported 7 news cases of COVID-19, including 5 cases in Hai Duong, the country’s pandemic hotspot, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.