Some 900 staff members of the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases will be the first in the southern region to be injected with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on March 8, Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Health announced on March 6.

While people nationwide are reuniting with their families to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet), healthcare workers continue to fight against Covid-19 with the hope of stemming the epidemic as soon as possible.

39-year-old Iranian artist Alireza Pakdel creates mindful illustrations that reflect on the world’s current situation and show how to fight the spread of this invisible enemy.