(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 9,889 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - Austria has become the first Western democracy to resort to mandatory vaccination in response to a record-breaking surge in infections that has flooded its hospitals with critical COVID-19 patients.

(VOVWORLD) - 257 million of COVD-19 cases had been confirmed worldwide as of Saturday noon, 5.1 million of them had died, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, Do Van Chien, has called for strengthened solidarity and heightened awareness in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, while addressing a memorial ceremony held for COVID-19 dead victims on Friday night.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national teleconference to review COVID-19 pandemic control effort and discuss social economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City has established the Center for Infectious Diseases Research under the International University (one of its affiliates).

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 4 p.m. on Thursday to 4 p.m. on Friday, 9,625 new infections were recorded in Vietnam. 8 cases were imported and 9,617 cases were recorded domestically in 57 provinces and cities, down 592 cases compared to the previous day.

(VOVWORLD) - Ceremonies were held on Friday across Vietnam to remember those who lost their lives to COVID-19. The event in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City began at 8 pm and was broadcast live on VTV1. It was hosted by the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Ho Chi Minh City’s People Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - Pfizer said on Thursday the US government would pay nearly 5.3 billion USD for 10 million courses of its experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug, as the country rushes to secure promising oral treatments for the disease.

(VOVWORLD) - Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs during the coronavirus pandemic is helping bacteria develop resistance that will render these important medicines ineffective over time, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned this week.