
Hai Duong (VNA) – Twenty sevenCOVID-19 patients in northern Hai Duong province were given the all-clear onFebruary 11, just one day before the Lunar New Year.
The patients, two of them pregnant women,have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, for threeconsecutive times. They will continue to stay in quarantine at home for another14 days in accordance with the Health Ministry’s regulations.
Hai Duong is a major hotspot in the latestCOVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam, with 356 cases recorded from January 27 to 6amFebruary 11. So far 30 patients have recovered.
Three temporary hospitals have been set up inHai Duong to treat COVID-19 patients.
As of 6am February 11, Vietnam logged 2,109 cases of COVID-19, including 1,215 cases locally-transmitted, with 522 alone recorded since thelatest outbreak started on January 27.
There are 114,796people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hitareas now under quarantine.
Meanwhile, 1,480 patients have been given theall-clear./.