(VOVWORLD) -From 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam recorded 15,959 COVID-19 cases, of which 23 were imported and 15,936 were recorded in the country, down 827 cases compared to the previous day.

(VOVWORLD) - 335.5 million COVID-19 infections and 5.5 million deaths had been reported as of Wednesday noon, according to worldometer.info.

(VOVWORLD) -Three local residents of Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the Omicron variant in the community, said doctors of Hospital April 30 under the Ministry of Public Security.

(VOVWORLD) - Israel will continue to offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot despite preliminary findings that it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, a senior health official said on Tuesday, predicting contagions stoked by the variant will wane in a week.

(VOVWORLD) - The world had recorded more than 330 million COVID-19 infections and 5.5 million deaths as of Tuesday, according to worldometer.info.

(VOVWORLD) - Additional 16,378 COVID-19 infections, along with 179 deaths, were recorded in Vietnam on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Coronavirus is still evolving and scientists do not have the same predictability as they had with influenza, according to a WHO epidemiologist.

(VOVWORLD) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has left the door open for Novak Djokovic to compete at next year's Australian Open despite the tennis superstar facing an automatic three-year ban from entering the country.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam logged an additional 15,684 COVID-19 infections, including 41 imported ones, over the past 24 hours to 4pm on Sunday, the Ministry of Health reported.

(VOVWORLD) - 326.5 million COVID-19 infections and more than 5.5 million deaths had been confirmed worldwide as of Sunday morning, according to the worldometers.info.