Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – No new COVID-19 case was confirmed on May 21, marking the 35th straight day Vietnam has gone without communitytransmission, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl reported.
The national tally stands at 324, including 184imported cases that were quarantined upon arrival, according to the committee.
Two patients were discharged from the NationalHospital for Tropical Diseases after making complete recovery on the day. One ofthem is a 44-year-old woman, a staff member of Truong Sinh Ltd., Co., whose testresult turned positive after she recovered on April 16. The other is from HaLoi village, Me Linh commune, Hanoi.
A total of 266 out of 324 patients have recovered asupdated on May 21 evening. The remainder are being treated at nine national andprovincial medial facilities, with four testing negative once for SARS-CoV-2,the novel coronavirus that causes the acute respiratory disease, and fournegative at least twice.
Nearly 12,990 people who had close contact withCOVID-19 patients or returned from pandemic-hit areas are under healthmonitoring, of whom 307 stay at hospitals, 7,663 at other concentratedfacilities and 5,047 at home and place of residence./.
VNA
