(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that it will administer booster shots from this month on the basis of vaccine supply progress.

(VOVWORLD) - The world recorded more than 263 million cases of COVID-19, with 5.2 million fatalities as of Wednesday morning, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The number of businesses resuming operation in November was higher than in October and so was the number of newly-registered businesses, total capital, and the labor force, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The head of the UN health agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the spread of the Omicron variant.

(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Health to closely monitor the pandemic situation caused by the new COVID-19 variant Omicron and prepare vaccines, therapeutic drugs and measures to prevent and control the pandemic on the basis of World Health Organization’s recommendations, the Government Office said in a document on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Omicron COVID-19 variant could hurt global growth prospects while also pushing prices higher, rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service said on Monday, after the World Health Organization said the variant carried a very high risk of infection surges.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 13,972 cases of COVID-19 in 61 localities on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is working closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) in response to new coronavirus variant Omicron, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Tuesday, there have been 262.3 million COVID-19 cases and 5.2 million deaths in the world, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 13,770 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the national count to 1,224,110, according to the Ministry of Health.