Five more cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the central city of Da Nang, raising the total infections in Vietnam to 1,014, the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control said on August 22 afternoon.
Patients at Da Nang's Hoa Vang temporary hospital receive 'virus-free' certificates when they are discharged on August 22 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Five more cases of COVID-19 have beenrecorded in the central city of Da Nang, raising the total infections inVietnam to 1,014, the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention andcontrol said on August 22 afternoon.
Among the new cases, a 52-year-old man in Lien Chieudistrict had close contact with a previously confirmed patient.
Another man, 60, from Thanh Khe district is a member of themanagement board of Lau Den Market.
Of the three female patients, the 38-year-old one from ThanhKhe is a small trader at Tan Lap Market while the others, 69 and 51 years old respectivelyresiding in Thanh Khe and Hai Chau districts, are traders at Sieu thi Market.
All the markets with the new cases are located in Thanh Khe district.
The five patients are undergoing treatment at the HoaVang temporary hospital in Da Nang.
Also on August 22, 16 patients treated at this hospital weregiven the all-clear, bring the total number of recoveries to 563.
So far, Vietnam has recorded 672 localinfected cases of COVID-19 and 25 deaths linked with the disease.
Among those still under treatment, 41have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 62 twice, and 35others thrice.
There are 104,793 people having closecontact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions underquarantine at present, including 2,195 in hospitals, 32,168 in other quarantinesites, and 70,430 at home or accommodation facilities./.
The testing capacity of the health sector has improved considerably during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, figures from the Ministry of Health (MoH) show.
The COVID-19 outbreak in the central city of Da Nang and nearby Quang Nam province is brought under control with the decreasing number of new cases recorded in recent days, according to Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.
The People's Committee of Hoan Kiem district in Hanoi has announced the capital city’s popular ‘walking streets’ will be temporarily closed from August 21.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed on the increase of testing capacity with simple procedures, during a cabinet meeting on COVID-19 prevention and control held on August 21.
No new case of COVID-19 was reported over the past 12 hours, leaving the total number of cases in Vietnam at 1,009 as of 6am on August 22, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Patients at Da Nang's Hoa Vang temporary hospital receive 'virus-free' certificates when they are discharged on August 22 (Photo: VNA) 
