All of the new patients were quarantined upon their arrival, with eight in the central province of Khanh Hoa, one in Ho Chi Minh City and one in the central province of Quang Nam.

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As of December 8 afternoon, Vietnam reported 693 locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases.

A total of 1,224 Covid-19 patients have fully recovered. The fatalities still stand at 35.

Among those under treatment, eight have tested negative for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) once, four twice and five thrice.

There are 20,262 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas being quarantined across the country.

Vietnam to start human trials of Covid-19 vaccine on December 10

Vietnam will begin testing a vaccine candidate from Nanogen in clinical trials on humans next week, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has announced.

VN reports four new imported cases of Covid-19 on Saturday evening

There are no more community Covid-19 cases in Vietnam. On Saturday four new cases were imported, all Vietnamese on repatriation flights, three returning home from Europe and one from the US. 

Vietnam Airlines staff apologize in chorus after Covid-19 community transmissions

VNA flight attendants have used the #WeApologize hashtag on Facebook to express their regret after a colleague sparked Vietnam’s recent string of Covid-19 transmissions.

Provincial leader Le Anh Duong orders strict implementation of Covid-19 preventive regulations

(BGO) – On December 2, Vice Secretary of the Bac Giang provincial Party Committee (PPC), Permanent Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Anh Duong inspected the implementation of medical isolation for Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control at several hotels in Bac Giang city.

Source: NDO/VNA