Vietnam has reported 6 new coronavirus cases in Ho Chi Minh City, 3 cases in Hanoi capital city, 1 case in Lai Chau Province and 1 case in Thanh Hoa province, increasing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 134 as of 21:00, March 24, 2020. Ho Chi Minh...

Vietnam has not used chloroquine to treat Covid-19, neither has the health ministry recommended the drug to prevent the disease. Drugs containing hydroxychloroquine have not been approved by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) to cure Covid-19, thus, people should not use them on their own without doctors' prescription. The MoH made...

More than 40 European countries have been hit by COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Italy, Spain, Germany and France were the four hardest-hit, with each reporting more than 10,000 confirmed cases Italy has just surpassed China for the most number of deaths related to COVID-19. The total number...

All 16 people in Vietnam infected with a new coronavirus have been cured, the health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that no new cases have been recorded since Feb 13. The last known patient, a 50-year-old man infected by his daughter who returned from China's central city of Wuhan, where the...

People who caught COVID-19 would be offered free tests, treatment and medicine, according to the Ministry of Health of Vietnam. The health ministry is working with the Vietnam Social Insurance to complete medical expenses plans for nCoV patients, said Nguyen Nam Lien, director of the ministry's Planning and Finance Department. Those who...

Scientists from the School of Biotechnology and Food Technology under Hanoi University of Science and Technology have developed a novel coronavirus (nCoV) test kit which provides results in 70 minutes instead of four hours like the current method. The group, with more than ten members and led by Dr Le Quang...