Rising issues as Vietnam's health ministry warns of new Covid-19 variants ahead of Lunar New Year holidays


HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnam's health ministry has urged local authorities to strengthen medical supervision at border gates amid increasing travel and trade exchanges ahead of Lunar New Year, local media reported Friday.

Amid the Covid-19 resurgence with new variants and a rising number of influenza cases in many countries, the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the health ministry has urged international disease control centres at localities to constantly update the epidemic development to timely apply preventive measures at border gates.

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