A woman is given vaccine at Lang Son provincial General Hospital. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19
cases during the past 12 hours to 6:00am on April 29, keeping the national
count at 2,865, according to the Ministry of Health.
As many as 38,513 people having close contact with
COVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are currently
quarantined across the country.
The ministry’s Medical Service Administration reported that
a total of 2,516 patients have been given the all-clear from COVID-19 so far,
while the related to the disease remains at 35.
Among active patients undergoing treatment, 13 tested
negative to the coronavirus once, 15 twice and 20 thrice.
Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccination effort is ramping up with
92,445 people vaccinated on April 28, the highest number of doses administered
daily to date. A total of 425,638 people have been vaccinated against the virus
in Vietnam so far, most of who are frontline medical workers and members of
community-based anti-COVID-19 groups and steering committees for COVID-19
prevention and control in localities.
The Health Ministry continuously warns about the high
risk of the pandemic to spread to Vietnam, and urges people to remain proactive
in pandemic prevention and control by continuing to wear face masks when going
out, disinfecting frequently, maintaining a safe distance, refraining from mass
gatherings, and making medical declarations./.
Source: VietnamPlus
