According to the World Health Organisation, more than 25,000 COVID-19 cases have been recorded globally over the past month. Notably, from January 1 to May 10, Thailand reported nearly 54,000 infections and 16 deaths. The rise in cases in Thailand has been linked to the spread of XBB.1.16 subvariant.
Nearly 17,000 children aged 1-5 in Ho Chi Minh City got measles jabs from August 31 to September 2 as the city recently declared the contagious and serious airborne disease an epidemic.
Singapore’s dengue case numbers in 2024 have crossed the 10,000 mark, surpassing the figure logged for the whole 2023, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA).
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health on February 15 issued a press release confirming the diagnosis of monkeypox on a man in Phnom Penh, the fourth case since February 11 and the 12th since July 2022.
The capital city of Hanoi's competent forces have worked with the health centre of Hai Ba Trung district to tackle a cluster of 20 new COVID-19 infections detected at a food company in the locality immediately after receiving a report on the cases.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has required southern localities to immediately set up support centres and hotlines to provide help to people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which has been spreading fast recently.
An additional 1,196 cases of COVID-19 were reported in the six and a half hours to 12:30pm on July 14, raising the national tally to 36,605, according to the Health Ministry.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed 151 new COVID-19 infections, including four imported cases, in the past 12 hours to 6am on July 2, raising the national count to 17,727.
The results achieved in pandemic prevention and control are very positive and need to be further promoted, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a national teleconference on COVID-19 prevention and control on June 21.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 92 new COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on June 16, including one imported case, pushing the national count to 11,304.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 88 new COVID-19 infections in the past six hours to 12pm on June 10, including 86 domestically-transmitted cases and two imported cases that were quarantined right upon their arrival in Kien Giang and An Giang provinces.
Vietnam reported 61 more locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on May 31, pushing the national count to 7168, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam logged 141 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections and two imported cases in the past 6 hours to 6pm on May 29, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam has exerted sound control over the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, particularly at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases and the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (Hospital K), Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen affirmed at a May 12 online working session with the two medical facilities, which have been hotspots during this outbreak.
The Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand on May 3 reported thousands of new COVID-19 cases, while Indonesia announced that it detected several new infections of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant in Jakarta.
Vietnam logged no COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on March 13, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
In the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 12, no new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Vietnam, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
