Vietnam records no new COVID-19 cases on March 14 morning

Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases over the past 12 hours to 6am on March 14, keeping the total number of infections in the country at 2,553, the Ministry of Health said.
Vietnam records no new COVID-19 cases on March 14 morning ảnh 1As many as 10,041 people had been vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases over the past 12 hoursto 6am on March 14, keeping the total number of infections in the country at2,553, the Ministry of Health said.

Ofthe total, 1,594 are domestically-transmitted cases, including 901 infectionsdetected since the third outbreak struck Vietnam on January 27.

Asmany as 39,613 people who had close contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients orentered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across thecountry, including 503 in hospitals, 16,056 in state-designated establishmentsand 23,054 at their residences.

Accordingto the Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control, a total of 2,086 patients have recovered from the disease.Among active patients undergoing treatment at medical establishments, 48 testednegative to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 48 twice and 91 thrice.

Datafrom the National Expanded Immunisation Programme showed that, by March13, as many as 10,041 people, all of them are medical workers and members ofcommunity COVID-19 prevention and control teams, had been vaccinated.

Mostof the vaccinated people (6,287) are in northern Hai Duong province which hasbeen hardest hit by the latest outbreak since January 27./.
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