
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has 20 new cases of COVID-19 to report for thepast 12 hours to 6pm of May 2, according to the Health Ministry.
The cases, 12 imported and eight domestic, are all Vietnamese.
This brings the national count to 2,962, with 1,595 domestically-infectedcases.
A total of 40,563 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients orarrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide.
Meanwhile, 2,549 patients have been given the all-clear, and the death tollremains at 35.
Among the patients under treatment, 19 have tested negative for the coronavirusonce, 19 twice and 34 thrice.
After locally-infected cases were detected in late April, localities aroundthe country are tightening epidemic prevention measures./.