No new COVID-19 cases logged over 12 hours, vaccination effort ramping up

Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases during the past 12 hours to 6:00am on April 29, keeping the national count at 2,865, according to the Ministry of Health.
No new COVID-19 cases logged over 12 hours, vaccination effort ramping up ảnh 1A woman is given COVID-19 vaccine at Lang Son provincial General Hospital. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19cases during the past 12 hours to 6:00am on April 29, keeping the nationalcount at 2,865, according to the Ministry of Health.

As many as 38,513 people having close contact withCOVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are currentlyquarantined across the country.

The ministry’s Medical Service Administration reported thata total of 2,516 patients have been given the all-clear from COVID-19 so far,while the death toll related to the disease remains at 35.

Among active patients undergoing treatment, 13 testednegative to the coronavirus once, 15 twice and 20 thrice.

Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccination effort is ramping up with92,445 people vaccinated on April 28, the highest number of doses administereddaily to date. A total of 425,638 people have been vaccinated against the virusin Vietnam so far, most of who are frontline medical workers and members ofcommunity-based anti-COVID-19 groups and steering committees for COVID-19prevention and control in localities.

The Health Ministry continuously warns about the highrisk of the pandemic to spread to Vietnam, and urges people to remain proactivein pandemic prevention and control by continuing to wear face masks when goingout, disinfecting frequently, maintaining a safe distance, refraining from massgatherings, and making medical declarations./.
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