The first novel coronavirus patient in Vietnam is currently conscious, and can breathe by himself, eat and sleep, showed no signs of fever.

Dong Cuu village has been the last Covid 19 hotbed in Hanoi to be wiped out.

The two new patients are linked to Danang Hospital, taking the Covid-19 caseload in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam to 46.

All schools in Hanoi from kindergarten level will close between February 1 and February 16 to prevent the spreading of the novel coronavirus.

“Vaccination is just half the challenge amid the current surge of the Delta variant.”