Vietnam records no new COVID-19 cases over past two days

No new COVID-19 infection cases have been detected in Vietnam over the past two days.
Vietnam records no new COVID-19 cases over past two days ảnh 1A medical worker of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) takes samples from people for testing (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - No newCOVID-19 infection cases have been detected in Vietnam over the past two days.

The National Steering Committeefor COVID-19 Prevention and Control unveiled the information on April 18morning.

It means the total number ofCOVID-19 infections remains at 268. Of those, 198 people have been treated andmade full recovery.

Among 70 patients currently inhospital with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, including 66 Vietnamese andfour foreigners, 13 have recorded one negative test, and four have twicetested negative, according to the committee.

There are 69,045 peoplecurrently in quarantine nationwide. Among these, 324 people are being monitoredat hospitals, 11,549 people are quarantined at health centres or otherestablishments and 57,172 are self-quarantined at home./.

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