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Vietnam confirms 64 new COVID-19 cases

Vietnam recorded 64 more COVID-19 infections, including 41 domestic and 23 imported cases, in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 9, lifting the national tally to 9,222, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamrecorded 64 more COVID-19 infections, including  41 domestic and 23 imported cases, in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 9, liftingthe national tally to 9,222, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The ministry said among the newlocally-transmitted cases, 24 were detected in Bac Giang province and 17 in BacNinh province, which are the country’s current two largest pandemic hotspots.

The number of locally-transmitted and importedcases has so far stood at 7,614, and 1,608, respectively. Meanwhile, the total numberof domestic infections reported since April 27 when the fourth coronavirus wave hit the country amounted to 6,044.

On June 8, 40 patients were given the all-clear, raising the number ofrecoveries to 3,549, while the death toll rose to 55.

An additional 10,119 people were given COVID-19 vaccine shots in 11 provincesand cities nationwide on June 8, pushing the total number of administered doses to over 1.35 million.

The MoH called on citizens tofollow the 5K message, including khau trang (facemask), khu khuan(disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khaibao y te (health declaration), to help contain the outbreaks./.
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