(VOVWORLD) -India detected 11 Omicron sub-variants in international passengers who arrived in the country between December 24 and January 3, the Indian Ministry of Health said on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) -The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that no new COVID-19 variants have been detected in China according to data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

(VOVWORLD) -The appearance of XBB, an offshoot of Omicron, the highly transmissible version of Covid, has been recorded in Ho Chi Minh City but it has a low infection rate with only three cases detected in December, the city’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases said on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) -People and goods transiting through border gates in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province, will no longer have to undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR tests from Sunday, according to the city’s administration.

(VOVWORLD) -EU health officials will hold talks on Wednesday on a coordinated response to the surge in COVID-19 infections in China, according to Sweden which takes over EU presidency for first half of this year.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health's COVID-19 prevention and control bulletin said Vietnam on Saturday recorded 86 new cases of COVID-19, 92 recoveries and no deaths.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health said Vietnam on Friday recorded 131 new cases of COVID-19, a decrease of 100 cases compared to Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam's COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,525,013 with 234 new cases recorded on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health said that Vietnam’s new COVID-19 cases decreased slightly to 132 on Wednesday and no deaths was reported.

(VOVWORLD) - India has mandated a COVID-19 negative test report for travelers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, China's Hong Kong and Thailand, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday.