Vietnam goes four weeks without new COVID-19 community infections
Thursday, 14/05/2020 10:28 (GMT+7)
Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 14th morning, marking it four weeks in a row without any community transmissions, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Health workers at Van Don airport prepare to serve Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad (Photo: VNA)
The committee added that 148 imported cases have been quarantined upon their arrival.
So far, 13,719 people having close contact with patients or entering from the pandemic-hit regions have been quarantined, including 324 at hospitals, 7,254 at concentrated quarantine areas and 6,141 at home.
The committee’s treatment subcommittee reported that 252 patients have given the all-clear from COVID-19 and discharged from hospitals, while 36 others are being treated at centrally-run and provincial health facilities. Most of them are in stable condition.
Six patients have tested negative for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, and 11 tested negative twice or more./.
CPV/VNA
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