(VOVWORLD) - Tractor trailers loaded with suitcase-sized containers of COVID-19 vaccine left Pfizer’s manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday morning - launching the largest and most complex vaccine distribution project in the United States, where the virus is raging.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Saturday morning, confirmed COVID-19 infection cases worldwide exceeded 71 million, with over 1.6 million fatalities.

(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged a more coherent response to global crises, saying a “fragmented and chaotic” coronavirus response gave renewed urgency to his belief the Security Council needs reform.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam reported six more imported cases of COVID-19, including three Vietnamese citizens and three Belarusians, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said late Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences has held a dialogue to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in various areas, including labor, employment, healthcare and education.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 340 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday on a Vietnam Airline flight.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese strongly supported the government's national social distancing order imposed in April to contain Covid-19, according to a recent report.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 4 new cases of COVID-19, who are Vietnamese citizens returning from overseas, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Wednesday evening.

(VOVWORLD) - US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced key members of his incoming administration's health team, who will be responsible for managing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - 68.5 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus, which has claimed more than 1.5 million lives worldwide, according to worldometers.info.