
Vietnam detects fast-spreading BA.2.75 Omicron sub-variant
Vietnam News 17:43 16/08/2022The county has so far recorded the new Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5, BA.2.12.1, and BA.2.75

All districts must stand ready to reopen COVID-19 hospitals: Ho Chi Minh City health department
Vietnam News 12:29 08/07/2022All districts in the city must be ready to reopen makeshift COVID-19 hospitals in case the number of patients begins to rise again

Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 detected in Ho Chi Minh City: Party chief
Vietnam News 12:43 05/07/2022Hanoi also recorded three infections caused by the BA.5 sub-variant

Ho Chi Minh City health dept tells 10 districts to prep COVID-19 treatment facilities
Vietnam News 14:06 30/06/2022Cases are forecast to soar in these districts if the Omicron BA.5 sub-variant emerges in the metropolis

Omicron sub-variant BA.5 detected in Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:55 28/06/2022The emergence of new strains was inevitable

Hanoi detects four more Omicron COVID-19 cases
Vietnam News 14:16 24/02/2022The cases were recorded among COVID-19 patients being treated at Bach Mai Hospital

Omicron dominates new COVID-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City: health director
Vietnam News 18:03 23/02/2022Infections with the Omicron variant have accounted for over 76 percent of the cases detected in a week-long random screening

Vietnam confirms 55,879 more COVID-19 cases
Vietnam News 18:55 22/02/2022Hanoi reported 6,860 infections on Tuesday

Vietnam detects first Omicron infections in community
Vietnam News 10:52 19/01/2022The three cases were documented in Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam health ministry documents 16,838 new COVID-19 infections
Vietnam News 20:32 18/01/2022Hanoi recorded 2,935 cases on Tuesday

Reduced hospitalization risk, shorter stays for Omicron patients: US study
World 12:03 13/01/2022A preliminary US study of nearly 70,000 COVID-positive people showed a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization and death from Omicron even after controlling for growing population immunity levels

U.S. breaks COVID-19 hospitalization record at over 132,000 as Omicron surges
World 09:29 11/01/2022COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as a surge in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant strains health systems in several states