Virus-hit North Macedonia votes as EU talks loom North Macedonia votes on Wednesday in a tight parliamentary election where the winners will face a deadly coronavirus outbreak and the start of talks to join the European Union.

Hà Nội strengthens hand, foot and mouth disease and diphtheria prevention

As many as 78 infected cases have been reported in Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces and three people have died.

US infections top three million as Trump pushes schools reopening The United States topped three million confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed for schools to re-open amid a COVID-19 resurgence in many southern hotspots.

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Two more COVID-19 patients recover, hundreds of returnees complete quarantine Two more COVID-19 patients in Việt Nam have recovered on Wednesday at Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu General Hospital, according to the National Standing Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Japan issues fresh rain disaster warnings as toll hits 54 Japan issued fresh landslide and flooding warnings on Wednesday as torrential rain moved over the centre of the country and the death toll from days of downpours rose to 54.

Keep up immunisation rate to prevent diphtheria outbreaks: expert Vietnam News Agency speaks to Professor Đặng Đức Anh, Director of Việt Nam’s National Insitute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, on the ongoing outbreak of diphtheria in the Central Highlands and the critical need for sufficient vaccination.

Gia Lai records three more diphtheria patients amid outbreak in Central Highlands Three more diphtheria cases were recorded on Tuesday in a rural village in Gia Lai, bringing the total infections in the mountainous province to 13. 

'Race against time' in Japan floods, 50 feared dead Emergency services in western Japan were "racing against time" on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides, with at least 50 feared dead and more torrential rain forecast.

Fourteen new COVID-19 cases confirmed, all quarantined upon arrival Việt Nam recorded fourteen new COVID-19 patients who are Vietnamese citizens returning from overseas and were quarantined upon arrival.