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Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned of the potential risk of Covid-19 outbreaks due to the emergence of new variants.

Epidemiologist and former head of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory committee Prof Salim Abdool Karim says there is no reason to be concerned after the discovery of the new and highly infectious Covid-19 sub-variant XBB.1.5.

While life has nearly returned to normal after two years of living with a pandemic, the new XBB. 1.5 sub-variant of Covid has threatened to derail our progress.

And see somebody like me a pulmonologist in the hospital and this is why this is something unfortunately we need to be talking about and this is why it is so dangerous. fortunately, as well, though, if you were boosted, especially in, within the first four to six months of receiving that booster shot, what we know is that the existing vaccines are still very protective against ending up in the hospital. we know masking works, of course, and especially in communities that have stressed hospital systems, so the tools that we still have will keep you out of the hospital but this is a concerning v...

Hospitals are full of patients. >> reporter: covid has been barrelling through the country for weeks. after widespread protests in november, over lockdowns and testing, china abruptly dropped its tough zero covid rules in december. border restrictions imposed nearly three years ago are set to be lifted next week. the whiplash changes here have seen cities going from harsh lockdowns to jammed streets on new years eve as people begin to recover from covid and hope the country's economy does, too. chinese president xi jingping acknowledging the pandemic's toll during an annual speech. >> translat...