Sunday, 10/05/2020 09:52 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - News at 6 a.m on May 10th of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported that Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases, marking the 24th consecutive day without infections in the community.
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As many as 11,130 people who had close contact with confirmed patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined, including 180 at hospitals, 6,146 at other establishments and 4,804 at home.
Among the total 288 patients, 148 were imported and the remaining were infected with the coronavirus in the community. Vietnam has reported no deaths from the disease.
As many as 241 patients or 84 percent were declared fully recovered. The remaining 47 cases are being treated at health facilities, of whom four tested negative for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once and 13 negative at least twice.
From 6a.m on April 16th to now, Vietnam has no cases of infection in the community within 24 days. Currently, the number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam is 288 cases./.
Compile by BTA