(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered a thorough review of all entrants, Vietnamese and foreigners alike, into Vietnam since March 8 to detect Covid-19 infections and prevent community transmission.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese experts have created a set of mobile disinfection chambers serving people in coronavirus infected areas. It takes 15 to 20 seconds to “clean” the whole body.

(VOVWORLD) - The police and the military will serve as the main pillars in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told a meeting of the national steering committee for Covid-19 response in Hanoi on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 10 more Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing Vietnam’s total to 123.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and the US have had good results cooperating in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc told the Vietnam News Agency on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has completed trials on South Korean-made antigen test kits for coronavirus to shorten the waiting time for test results, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long told the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - South Korea reported on Monday its lowest number of new coronavirus cases and the extended downward trend in daily infections since the peak on February 29 has boosted hopes that one of Asia’s largest outbreaks outside China may be abating.

(VOVWORLD) - New Zealand said on Monday it will move to its highest alert level imposing self-isolation, with all-non-essential services, schools and offices to be shut over the next 48 hours as the number of coronavirus cases more than double.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has carried numerous citizen protection measures in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations will create a fund to support the treatment of coronavirus patients worldwide, Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said in a statement on Monday.