Ho Chi Minh City continued to record the highest number of infections with 1,185, followed by the neighbouring province of Dong Nai with 930 and Tay Ninh with 656.

A health worker collects sample for Covid-19 testing in Thai Binh province.

The national tally has surpassed one million, standing at 1,000,897.

According to the Ministry of Health’s report, 3,367 patients nationwide are in serious conditions, with 301 requiring invasive ventilation and 13 on life support (ECMO).

On the day, the country saw 84 deaths from the disease. The death toll now hits 22,849.

A further 1,894 patients were given the all-clear, taking the total number of recoveries to 845,948.

By November 10, the country had injected over 95.57 million doses of vaccines to date, with more than 32.07 million people now fully inoculated.

Health ministry plans Covid booster shots at year's end

Vietnam plans to begin giving Covid-19 booster shots either at the end of 2021 or early 2022, health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said Monday.

Bac Giang students stop going to school but keep studying amid Covid-19 pandemic

(BGO) – For ten days from October 26 to November 4, Covid-19 pandemic has outbroken at several localities in Bac Giang province including schools with severe impact on teaching and studying activities. The local authorities and educational sector have implemented various measures to reduce the consequences on the students.

Covid pandemic leaves visible scars on Vietnam

Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have scarred Vietnam economically, dragging down major sectors' revenues and sending unemployment soaring.

Bac Giang concentrates on Covid-19 fights in IPs to secure production and supply chains

(BGO)- This wave of Covid-19 in some enterprises in the industrial parks (IPs) in the northern province of Bac Giang is evaluated a dangerous outbreak. Aiming to protect the supply chain in line with the experience in the pandemic fight so far, Bac Giang has striven to localize and rapidly contain the pandemic to maintain stable production of the enterprises in the IPs.

Covid-19: 7,504 new cases added to national tally

Vietnam recorded 7,504 new coronavirus infections, including 17 imported cases, in 60 cities and provinces across the country on November 5, an increase of 911 cases compared to the previous day.

Source: NDO/VNA