Vietnam recorded no cases positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on May 23 morning, marking 37 days in a row without new infections in the community.
Patient 91, the 43-year-old British pilot, was transferred to Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital on May 22 from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases as he repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19.
Vietnam has performed far better than many developed countries in combating COVID-19 pandemic. Various international media praise Vietnam's efforts in the COVID-19 fight.
Vietnam has contained well the COVID-19 pandemic but yet to win over it, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said at a meeting of the committee in Hanoi on May 21.
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.
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.
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.
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.