The number of COVID-19 cases is currently increasing both globally and in the country due to the recent rapid spread of the Omicron variant, according to information given by the General Department of Preventive Medicine.
At the meeting of the National Steering Committee for
COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has not yet detected the
new strain of
coronavirus that has spread in the
UK among legal immigrants, a health official
affirmed on December 25.
Hoang Minh Duc, deputy head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine,
said at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention
and Control that Vietnam has gone through 24 straight days without any
coronavirus infections in the community.
The total cases of COVID-19 in the country stand at 1,439, he said, adding that
Vietnam has basically contained the pandemic.