(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minster Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ministries, agencies and localities to work harder to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Health authorities in Hubei province, China, announced Monday that coronavirus fatalities in the province had risen to 414 after 64 deaths were reported overnight – yet another daily record.

(VOVWORLD) - Syrian and Turkish troops traded deadly fire in northwestern Syria on Monday, further ratcheting up tension between the two countries near the war-torn Idlib rebel enclave.

(VOVWORLD) - The toll in China rose to 425 as of the end of Monday, up by a record 64 from the previous day, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran is ready to cooperate with the European Union on issues related to the nuclear deal it agreed upon with world powers in 2015, President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying on Monday by the ISNA news service.

(VOVWORLD) - The General Hospital of Thanh Hoa province has successfully cured a 25-year-old female patient who tested positive for the coronavirus after ten days of isolation and follow-up treatment. The patient, the first virus carrier in Thanh Hoa province, was discharged from the hospital on Monday.

(VOVWORLD) - Thai doctors have announced success in fighting the new coronavirus with a combination of medications for flu and HIV.

(VOVWORLD) - The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to meet next week to discuss the US-proposed Middle East peace plan, diplomatic sources said on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is capable of producing enough masks for domestic use to prevent the new coronavirus.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam on Monday confirmed its eighth case of infection by the new coronavirus (nCoV).