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Vietnam confirmed 62 new cases of COVID-19, including three imported ones, in the past six hours to 6pm on June 18, according to the Health Ministry.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said it has just sent a document to regional airport authorities, airlines, and Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) about the adjustment period of mandatory centralised quarantine from 14 to at least 21 days for air passengers entering the country from abroad.

All people entering Laos, even those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, still have to follow preventive measures and quarantine for 14 days, announced the country’s Ministry of Health.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently highlighted technology as a spearhead in the country’s strategy to combat COVID-19.

Ho Chi Minh City has been asked to work harder to impose restriction measures on the smallest possible scale so as not to prolong large-scale social distancing.

Vietnam reported 136 new COVID-19 cases, including 133 domestic ones, in the past six hours to 6pm on June 17, according to the Ministry of Health.

The government has approved a proposal by Ho Chi Minh City to allow companies to directly negotiate with suppliers to purchase vaccines for their employees amid the largest COVID-19 outbreak in the city.

Vietnam reported 176 new COVID-19 cases from 6am to 12pm on June 16, comprising 174 domestic and two imported ones, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Lao Ministry of Health said on June 15 that compulsory quarantine will be applied to those who have close contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City said 105 organisations, businesses, and individuals have to date pledged to contribute 2,293 billion VND to support the city’s purchase of COVID-19 vaccines.

Indonesia expects a new wave of coronavirus infections will peak in early July, as the highly transmissible delta variant becomes more dominant in some areas.

Vietnam logged 100 new COVID-19 cases, all domestic ones from 6am to 12pm on June 14, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam recorded 98 new COVID-19 cases, including 95 local infections, in the past 6 hours to 12pm on June 13, according to the Health Ministry.

Vietnam posted 89 new COVID-19 infections cases, including one imported case, in the past six hours to 12pm on June 12, according to the Ministry of Health.

Laos is stepping up the COVID-19 vaccination programme while the Philippine Government is also encouraging its people to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease.

Vietnam recorded 82 new cases of COVID-19 in the past six hours to 12pm on June 11, including one imported case that was quarantined right upon arrival in Tay Ninh province, pushing the national count to 9,917.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 51 more COVID-19 infections detected in the past 12 hours to 6am on June 11, including 10 imported cases that were quarantined right upon their arrival in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

Vietnam recorded 44 new cases of COVID-19, all domestic infections, over the past 12 hours to 6:00am on June 7, raising the national tally to 8,791, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam detected another 65 cases of COVID-19, 60 of which were domestic, in the past 6 hours to 6PM of June 6, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam confirmed another 102 cases of COVID-19 on June 6 morning with 69 cases in Bac Giang – the country’s largest pandemic hotspot - and 14 in its neighbouring Bac Ninh province. As many as 100 of the cases were detected in the concentrated quarantine facilities.