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 COVID-19 cases were recorded overnight, keeping the infection number in Vietnam at 320 since May 17 evening, the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control said on May 18 morning.
Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed on May 17 evening are Vietnamese people returning from Russia, and they have been quarantined upon their arrival, said the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
Vietnam has no new COVID-19 cases to report on May 17 morning, the 31st straight day the country is clear of coronavirus infections in the community, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
Four more new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on May 16 among Vietnamese returning from abroad, taking the total number of cases to 318 as of 6 pm May 16.
One new case of COVID-19 was detected among Vietnamese returning from Russia on flight VN0062 which landed on May 13, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 16 morning.
Vietnam is currently clear of any community transmission of COVID-19, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed, and this is an important condition for the country to attract investment and development resources.
There are still no new COVID-19 infections in the community as of 6pm on May 5, and the total number in Vietnam remains at 271 since the latest patient, an imported case, was recorded two days ago, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported.
Two Vietnamese students returning from Japan were confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 on late April 24, bringing the total cases in Vietnam to 270, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Six days have passed since Vietnam recorded the latest COVID-19 patient, keeping the number of infection cases at 268 as of 6am on April 22, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam remains at 268 as there were no new cases reported overnight, the national steering committee for the coronavirus prevention and control said on April 17 morning.
There were no new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection reported in Vietnam overnight, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on April 10 morning.
The Ministry of Health on March 25 evening confirmed seven more cases who tested positive to SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, bringing the total in Vietnam to 141 so far.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc is currently the locality with the highest infections of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Vietnam, with seven out of the total 12 cases.
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