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Eight more COVID-19 patients given all-clear

Eight more COVID-19 patients have been given the all-clear, bringing the total number of cured patients to 241, the treatment sub-section under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 8 afternoon.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Eight moreCOVID-19 patients have been given the all-clear, bringing the total number ofcured patients to 241, the treatment sub-section under the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 8 afternoon.  

Among the newly recovered patients,one was treated at the Traditional Medicine-Function Rehabilitation Hospital ofthe south-central province of Binh Thuan, and seven at the second branch of theCentral Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi.

Those patients will continue to bequarantined and have their health monitored in the next 14 days.

Vietnam had recorded no new infectionsin community in COVID-19 for 22 consecutive days as of the morning of May 8.

There were 17 new imported cases onMay 7, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 288, withzero fatalities.

 All of the new patients reported on May 7evening are Vietnamese nationals returning from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)on a Vietnam Airlines flight. They include a new born baby./.


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