As of July 31, HCMC has been provided with 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, estimated at 22.3% of the vaccination demand for people aged 18 and above, reaching the highest allocation rate in the country so far, according to the Ministry of Health. On July 24, the Ministry of
As of Sunday morning, Vietnam had a total of 150,060 cases, of which 38,734 were cured. The Ministry of Health said that from 7:00 pm on Saturday to 6:00 am on Sunday, Vietnam recorded 4,374 new cases of COVID-19, including 2 imported cases and 4,372 locally-transmitted cases. Ho Chi
– Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam chaired a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on Saturday. The Committee agreed to propose to the Prime Minister to extend social distancing state in 19 southern provinces for 14 days, starting August 1. The Committee requested
According to worldometers.info, as of Sunday morning, the world had recorded more than 198 million COVID-19 cases and more than 4.23 million deaths. Asia accounting for one-third of new cases (62 million), is the hardest-hit region in the world, followed by Europe (51.5 million), North America (42.5 million)
The world’s leading organizations launched a joint petition on Saturday to coronavirus vaccine producers to prioritize delivering doses to low- and middle-income countries. In a statement, the leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (OMC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank reiterated
– US President Joe Biden said he is hopeful about the Russian-American strategic stability talks, the first round of which took place earlier this week in Geneva. “We are in the process and I am hopeful,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Saturday. The first face-to-face round
Myanmar’s Chairman of the State Administration Council, General Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday promised new elections and said his government is ready to work with any special envoy named by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He spoke in a televised address that Myanmar is ready to work
