The achievement would allow quicker test results for nCoV, meaning thousands of samples could be tested a day, said the institute. It would also serve as a basis for the development of a vaccine against the virus, it added.

The 2019 novel coronavirus is cultured inside the lab at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi.

Vietnam had officially declared the 2019-nCoV an epidemic on Saturday last week.

It confirmed 12 infected cases: five workers returning from China’s Wuhan City last month, the mother, sister and cousin of one of the workers, a Vietnamese-American visitor who transited in Wuhan, a Chinese man from Wuhan and his son who met him in Vietnam, and a hotel receptionist who served the father and son in Nha Trang.

Three of the ten have been discharged from the hospital: the Nha Trang hotel employee, the Chinese son, and one of the workers who returned from Wuhan.

The global death toll from the epidemic has reached 638, with 636 dying in China, one in the Philippines and one in Hong Kong.

Vietnam offers free treatment to nCoV patients

Patients carrying the new coronavirus or suspected of infection will be tested gratis across Vietnam.

28,276 cases of 2019-nCoV infections confirmed as of Feb. 6

As many as 28,276 cases of 2019-nCoV infections have been reported as of 7.30am on February 6.

Bac Giang’s export and import yet to be impacted by nCoV epidemic

(BGO) – In the face of nCoV complex situation, the Customs Office controlling the industrial parks in Bac Giang province and the Department of Industry and Trade have strictly supervised the situation to give timely instruction to the enterprises.

Khanh Hoa: Third nCoV patient discharged from hospital in Vietnam

A female receptionist who was infected with Wuhan coronavirus (nCoV) in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa was released from hospital on February 4, making her the third successfully treated nCoV case in Vietnam.

Basic principles to reduce transmission of nCoV

Basic principles to reduce the general risk of transmission of acute respiratory infections caused by the new coronavirus.

Source: VnExpress