(VOVWORLD) - Quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to Australia will resume from Monday, Australia's tourism minister said on Sunday, as the country readies itself for a partial reopening of its international borders for the first time since March 2020.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam logged 5,227 new COVID-19 cases, including three imported cases, on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said on Friday that the number of COVID-19 patients recovering during the day was 2,169, bringing the total number of recoveries to 816,132.

(VOVWORLD) - As of Friday morning, the world had recorded over 246 million SARS-CoV-2 infections, and 5 million deaths, according to worldometers.info.

(VOVWORLD) - Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could start to be used in children and teens in the United States within weeks, its chief executive said in an interview ahead of the Reuters Total Health conference, which will run virtually in the middle of next month.

(VOVWORLD) - Foreign visitors to 5 localities selected in a pilot reopening programwill not have to quarantine from next month as long as they test negative for COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - Quang Nam authorities plan to allow foreign tourists to visit UNESCO-recognized sites Hoi An and My Son and stay at designated resorts from next month, VnExpress reported.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry has announced that a nationwide campaign to immunize children and teens against COVID-19 will start in November with the Pfizer vaccine, which has been recommended for children by the World Health Organization and used by many countries for these age groups.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam reported 4,892 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours as of 5pm on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health. They included 16 imported cases and 4,876 locally-transmitted cases in 16 cities and provinces.

(VOVWORLD) - From 5 p.m. on Tuesday to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Vietnam recorded 4,411 new COVID-19 cases, including 7 imported cases and 4,404 domestic cases in 47 provinces and cities.