(VOVWORLD) - No new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Vietnam on Saturday morning. The country has confirmed 2,362 cases, of which 1,627 have been given the all-clear, and 35 have died.

(VOVWORLD) -A total of 15 community cases of COVID-19 were recorded over the past 12 hours as of 6 p.m. on Friday, all of which were detected in the northern province of Hai Duong, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

(VOVWORLD) - Phase 1 of human trial of Nanocovax, the Vietnamese-made Covid-19 vaccine, has just been completed and phase 2 will be shortened from 6 months to 3 months but ensure the professional procedures and scientific and technological requirements, said the Ministry of Health on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Friday that the prevention of COVID-19 remains an urgent key task in this first quarter and the epidemic is not expected to end this year.

(VOVWORLD) -Britain will challenge fellow G7 countries to help speed up the development of future vaccines to 100-days today when Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts a virtual meeting of leaders including US President Joe Biden.

(VOVWORLD) - On Thursday, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries agreed to spend 10.5 million USD to purchase COVID-19 vaccines via the ASEAN response fund.

(VOVWORLD) - During the last 12 hours, Vietnam has reported 18 new COVID-19 cases in Hai Duong province, all are in quarantine areas.

(VOVWORLD) - The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health has approved the import of the first 200,400 doses of the British AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi authorities said people who arrived from neighboring Hai Duong Province, the country’s Covid-19 epicenter, between February 2 and 16 would be tested for the coronavirus. The move came as the pandemic situation in Hai Duong, 60 kilometers from Hanoi, turned more complicated with health authorities saying it is unpredictable and could last longer than expected.

(VOVWORLD) - Military Zone 3 assisted Cam Giang district, the northern province of Hai Duong – the country’s current COVID-19 largest hotspot, in spraying disinfectants in 12 areas on Wednesday amid the complicated developments of the pandemic.