(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam on Saturday confirmed an additional 131,817 COVID-19 infections, 6,212 cases higher than the previous day.

(VOVWORLD) - According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of SARS-CoV-2 virus infections decreased globally by 16% in the past week, marking a month-long decline in global COVID-19 graph.

(VOVWORLD) - From 4 p.m. on Thursday to 4 p.m. on Friday, Vietnam recorded 125,587 new infections of COVID-19, an increase of 6,788 cases compared to the previous day. Of them 19 were imported and 125,568 were recorded domestically in 63 provinces and cities.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has reached an agreement with Pfizer to obtain 7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for children this month, and another 14 million doses in the fourth quarter, Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen said Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health has reached agreement with Pfizer to set out an estimate and a bidding plan, with the aim to bring 7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for children to Vietnam within this month, and the remaining 15 million in the fourth quarter, Deputy Minister Do Xuan Tuyen said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - A total 118,790 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours as of 4pm Thursday, including 10 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has reached agreements with 15 countries and territories for the mutual recognition of their vaccine passport, said spokesperson for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang at a regular press conference in Hanoi on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - 440 million COVID-19 cases and 6 million deaths had been confirmed as of Thursday noon, according to worldometers.info. The US tops the world in the number of infections (80 million) and fatalities (980,000), followed by India and Brazil. But the US and EU countries are now lifting most of their COVID-19 restrictions.

(VOVWORLD) - From 4 p.m. on Tuesday to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam recorded 110,301 new COVID-19 cases, of which 21 were imported and 110,280 were recorded domestically in all 63 provinces and cities. Vietnam’s total caseload has to date reached 3,709,481.

(VOVWORLD) -Survey in England showed 78.6% of Covid 19 patients there last December were affected by Omicron and 21.4% by Delta variants. Death rates among Omicron infected people were 128 and it jumped to 189 for Delta variant carriers.