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No new community COVID-19 infections reported in Vietnam for 34 days

Vietnam has gone 34 straight days without new COVID-19 infection cases in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
No new community COVID-19 infections reported in Vietnam for 34 days ảnh 1A woman has temperature checked (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has gone 34straight days without new COVID-19 infection cases in the community, accordingto the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

As of May 20 morning, the total infections inthe country remained at 324, including 184 imported cases that had beenquarantined upon their arrival.

More than 80 percent of the patients haverecovered, and zero death has been reported, said the committee’s treatmentsubcommittee.

The most serious case is patient No.91 testednegative for SARS-CoV-2 five times.

Meanwhile, 60 positive cases are being treatedat medical facilities across the country. 

At present, 7,954 people having contact withpatients or entering from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined for healthmonitoring, including 331 at hospitals, 5,187 at concentrated quarantinecentres, and 2,427 at home./.

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