(VOVWORLD) - Bahrain was the first country in the world to approve the emergency use of AstraZeneca's antibody-based COVID-19 therapy called Evusheld (also known as AZD7442).

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi Department of Health has agreed to reduce the waiting time between two AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots to four weeks from eight, VnExpress reported.

(VOVWORLD) - Cambodia will stop requiring quarantine for travellers who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 starting on Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Australia, quickly becoming one of most-vaccinated nations against COVID-19, will likely start administering the shots for children under the age of 12 in January, officials said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - From 4pm on Saturday to 4pm on Sunday, Vietnam recorded 8,176 new COVID-19 cases, of which 13 were imported and 8,163 were recorded domestically, down 288 cases compared to the previous day. The number of recoveries was 5,257 and the number of death was 64 in the past 24 hours.

(VOVWORLD) - As of early Sunday, there have been mre than 253.6 million COVID-19 infections in the world and more than 5.11 million deaths, according to worldometer.info.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 4 p.m. on Friday to 4 p.m. on Saturday, 8,497 new infections were recorded in Vietnam. 16 cases were imported and 8,481 cases were recorded domestically, down 495 cases compared to the previous day.

(VOVWORLD) - From 4 p.m. on Thursday to 4 p.m. on Friday, Vietnam recorded 8,982 new COVID-19 infections, according to the Ministry of Health. 6 cases were imported and 8,976 cases were recorded domestically in 56 provinces and cities.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported additional 8,162 COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours as of 4 pm on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health on Wednesday gave conditional approval for India’s Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Vietnam.