As of 5.00 pm on 7 March, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as COVID-19) cases around the world had surpassed 102,300. Confirmed cases in South Korean had exceeded 6,700. In total, 4,636 cases of the virus had been reported in Italy.

Viet Nam confirmed its 18^th coronavirus case on Saturday in a man who returned from South Korea and he has been kept in quarantine sine he landed in Viet Nam on 4 March. In adition, 101 suspected cases have been reported thoughout the country so far.

Meanwhile, 13 suspected cases have been kept in isolation under close observation in Da Nang, and there are currently no confirmed cases of the virus in the city.

           Designed by THANH HUYEN - Translated by MAI DUNG