(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health confirmed 12,936 new cases of COVID-19 in on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 1,210,340.

(VOVWORLD) - Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday while more nations imposed restrictions on travel from southern Africa.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 13,063 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Saturday that it is a must to produce COVID-19 vaccines, drugs, and related biologicals and medical equipment domestically.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 13,109 new cases of COVID-19 from 4pm on Thursday to 4pm on Friday. 15 were imported and 13,094 were transmitted in 60 provinces and cities.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the potentially rapidly spreading coronavirus strain (called B.1.1.529) found in South Africa and how well the medicine and vaccines currently available work against it.

(VOVWORLD) - Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet found and so it needed to ascertain whether or not it made vaccines ineffective.

(VOVWORLD) - Nitazoxanide has been successfully synthesized by the Institute of Chemistryto produce drugs to treat COVID-19 patients with mild and medium symptoms.

(VOVWORLD) - Australia on Friday said it was investigating the newly identified COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa and warned it may close its borders to travellers from the African nation if risks from the new strain rise.

(VOVWORLD) - The EU's drug regulator approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of five and 11 on Thursday, paving the way for them to be given a first shot as Europe struggles with a surge in cases.