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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has gone through the 47th
straight day without any infections in the community, the National
Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced on October 19 afternoon.
The tally stayed at 1,140 as six new imported cases were
reported and quarantined right after their arrivals. Of the total, 1,046 have
been treated successfully as 15 were given the on October 19.
Among the patients under treatment, 10 tested negative once
to SARS-CoV-2 that causes the pandemic, three twice and five thrice. The
country currently records no cases in , and the number of
fatalities stands at 35.
As many as 12,379 people nationwide who had close contact
with patients or entered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine.
The pandemic
continues developing complicatedly in many countries. Many organisations have forecast
the pandemic will linger on until 2021./.
Source: VietnamPlus
