(VOVWORLD) - 14 people arriving in Vietnam's central Quang Nam province from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the US have been confirmed to be infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 17,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours as of 4pm on Thursday. They included 20 imported cases and 16,980 domestically transmitted cases in 61 cities and provinces.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 30,000 patients have died of COVID-19 and underlying illnesses in Vietnam, with 84% of them aged 50 and above, according to the Health Examination and Treatment Agency under the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - In the past 24 hours until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 13,889 new infections were recorded in Vietnam, including 16 imported cases and 13,873 domestic cases recorded in 60 provinces and cities.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in Vietnam on Tuesday, who is being treated at Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - According to worldometers.info, as of Wednesday morning, there have been more than 283 million cases of COVID-19 in the world and more than 5.4 million deaths.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 14,440 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Tuesday, there had been more than 281 million COVID-19 infections and 5.4 million deaths globally, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed more than 14,800 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.