Vietnam records no new community COVID-19 infection for 18 straight days
Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 4 morning, marking 18 days in a row since April 16 without new infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Health workers in southern Kien Giang province checks temperature for a local (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 4 morning, marking 18 days in a row since April 16 without new infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The country has so far confirmed 271 cases tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2, including 219 recoveries and no deaths.
The committee’s treatment subcommittee reported that 12 patients tested negative for the virus once and nine others tested negative twice or more.
A total 27,409 people having close contact with patients or coming from pandemic-hit countries are under quarantine at hospitals, concentrated quarantine areas, or at home.
The Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (Vabiotech) of the Ministry of Health has gained initial success in studying a potential coronavirus vaccine.
Right after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Vietnam in January 2020, the company partnered with the UK’s Bristol University to conduct research on the vaccine.
Blood test samples on mice will be sent to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology for evaluation./.
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