(VOVWORLD) - Over the past two days, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh provinces in northern Vietnam and other localities have been actively tracing and quarantining COVID-19 infections.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Sunday morning, the world has recorded more than 103 million COVID-19 cases and more than 2.2 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - Scientists from the National Institute of Hygiene And Epidemiology have found a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus on a COVID-19 patient entering Vietnam from South Africa, who has been quarantined right upon arrival and receiving treatment at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 28 new COVID-19 cases in the 12 hours as of 6pm on Saturday, including one imported case and 27 locally infected ones linked with the hotbed in northern Hai Duong province.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Ministry of Health announced Saturday that it has approved the use of Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine for pandemic prevention and control in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 34 new COVID-19 infections in the community from 6 p.m Friday to 6 a.m Saturday.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Saturday morning, the world has recorded more than 102.5 million COVID-19 infections and 2.2 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - Several streets and residential areas in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces have been locked down due to COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for extra efforts to quickly stamp out new COVID-19 outbreaks before the Lunar New Year festival, which falls in mid-February.

(VOVWORLD) -An additional 53 cases of COVID-19 community infections were reported on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday afternoon. However, he said that, with aggressive tracing of contacts and many stronger preventive measures, the epidemic will be prevented from further spreading in about eight days.