(BGO) – The Lunar New Year (Tet) festival is an occasion for each person, each family to reunite and exchange New Year wishes for peace and happiness. However, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, many officers and soldiers of the armed forces in Bac Giang province have put aside the joy of uniting with their families to take care of patients at Covid-19 treatment facilities and medical quarantine sites.

Authorities in My Duc District will suspend Huong (Perfume) Pagoda Festival, a large spring celebration, as the Covid pandemic grows increasingly complex.

15,954 new Covid-19 cases, 155 more deaths reported on Wednesday.

With travel demand picking up ahead of the Lunar New Year, airlines have increased flights to major cities and tourist hubs and ended Covid-19 testing requirements for flyers.

Germany, the U.K., Portugal and Luxembourg have handed over 6.27 million additional Covid-19 vaccine doses, increasing Vietnam's Covax facility receipt to over 51 million doses.