Vietnam clear of COVID-19 community infections for 35 straight days
No new COVID-19 case was confirmed on May 21, marking the 35th straight day Vietnam has gone without community transmission, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported.
Hanoi (VNA) – No new COVID-19 case was confirmed on May 21, marking the 35th straight day Vietnam has gone without communitytransmission, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl reported.
The national tally stands at 324, including 184imported cases that were quarantined upon arrival, according to the committee.
Two patients were discharged from the NationalHospital for Tropical Diseases after making complete recovery on the day. One ofthem is a 44-year-old woman, a staff member of Truong Sinh Ltd., Co., whose testresult turned positive after she recovered on April 16. The other is from HaLoi village, Me Linh commune, Hanoi.
A total of 266 out of 324 patients have recovered asupdated on May 21 evening. The remainder are being treated at nine national andprovincial medial facilities, with four testing negative once for SARS-CoV-2,the novel coronavirus that causes the acute respiratory disease, and fournegative at least twice.
Nearly 12,990 people who had close contact withCOVID-19 patients or returned from pandemic-hit areas are under healthmonitoring, of whom 307 stay at hospitals, 7,663 at other concentratedfacilities and 5,047 at home and place of residence./.
Vietnam has no new case of COVID-19 to report on May 20 afternoon, which means the country has gone through 34 straight days without any community transmission as of 6pm on the day.
Vietnam has gone 35 straight days without new COVID-19 infection cases in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The three most severe cases of COVID-19 in Vietnam have all become clear of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, a health official said on May 21, and there have been no COVID-19-related deaths in the country.
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