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One new imported COVID-19 case was recorded between 6pm on January 12 and 6pm on January 13, raising the infection tally in the country so far to 1,521, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The Indonesian Army announced on May 31 that it had successfully made a smart helmet that can detect people with symptoms of coronavirus infection.

No new case of COVID-19 was detected over the past 12 hours, so the number remained at 268 as of 6 pm on April 19, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Hanoi is promoting epidemiological investigation to identify the persons having contact with its first COVID-19 case, confirmed on March 6, and localising areas with infected patients.

The number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand rose to 50 after the country confirmed two more cases on March 7.

The lockdown placed on Son Loi, a rural commune in the northern province of Vinh Phuc that had been hit by COVID-19, was officially lifted at 0:00 hours on March 4.

A 50-year-old man in the northern province of Vinh Phuc has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to the health ministry.

Vietnam has reported two more new coronavirus (nCoV) infection cases, bringing the total number of detected nCoV patients in the country to 12, the Ministry of Health announced on February 6 evening.

Vietnam Airlines has strictly disinfected all aircraft operated for flights from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Bangkok to Vietnam in order to proactively prevent the acute respiratory infection caused by the coronavirus.

One more person from Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc has tested positive for coronavirus (nCoV), bringing the total number of confirmed infections to ten, according to the Ministry of Health.

The operation of the trains from the northern border province of Lao Cai to China was suspended on February 3 as efforts are intensified against coronavirus outbreak.

The Health Ministry confirmed a new case of nCoV infection on February 1, raising the total number of infections of the new coronavirus (nCoV) in Vietnam to six.

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that Thailand can still control the coronavirus infection situation.

Singapore’s Ministry of Health on January 23 confirmed the first case of a new strain of coronavirus that has killed 17 and infected over 570 people in China.

Two Chinese citizens have been quarantined at Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital after they tested positive to novel coronavirus (nCoV) that caused an acute pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan city, China.