Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Hanoi, (VNA) – No new cases of COVID-19 were reported for the past 12 hours to
6am May 1, according to the Health Ministry.
The
remained at 2,928, with 1,584 .
A
total 37,249 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived
from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide.
Meanwhile,
2,516 patients have been given the all-clear, and the death toll remains at 35.
Among
patients under treatment, 13 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 15
twice and 20 thrice.
An additional 3,420 people received shots of
COVID-19 vaccine on April 30, raising the total number of vaccinated people to
509,855, most of whom work at the frontline in the pandemic fight.
After locally-infected cases were detected in late April,
localities around the country are tightening epidemic prevention measures.
Tests
on Indian experts quarantined in a hotel in the northern province of Yen Bai
and a staff member at the hotel, who contracted , showed they were infected
with the virus variant B.1.617.2 now
spreading in India.
The Health Ministry urges all people to strictly follow the
5K motto: Khau trang (wearing facemask) – Khu khuan (disinfecting) – Khoang cach
(keeping distance) – Khong tap trung (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (Making
health declaration), so as to contain the pandemic./.
Source: VietnamPlus
