Medical workers conduct COVID-19 tests (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam
recorded no new COVID-19 cases
on September 12, marking 10 days in a row without infections in the community
since the second outbreak hit central Da Nang city on July 25, according the
National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The total number of COVID-19 infections
remained at 1,060, of which 691 are locally transmitted cases.
On September 12,
eight more patients were given the all-clear after testing
negative for SARS-CoV-2. The total number of people who have now beaten the
virus now stands at 910.
The latest patients to recover are five in central
Da Nang city and three in central Quang Nam province.
During treatment, these patients all had tested
negative for SARS-CoV-2 three times. They currently are in a stable
condition.
They will all now be quarantined at their homes for 14
days according to pandemic prevention regulations.
As many as 35,390 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or
entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined nationwide,
including 590 in hospitals, 16,433 in concentrated quarantine establishments
and 18,367 at home.
Among the active patients, 16 tested negative for coronavirus SAR-CoV-2 once,
17 twice and 21 three times.
The country has so far recorded 35 deaths, mostly of them were elderly people
with serious underlying diseases.
The Ministry of Health has called on every Vietnamese person to follow the
message “Mask-Disinfectant-Keeping Distance-Avoiding crowded place-Health
declaration” to live safely with the pandemic.
The ministry recommended each citizen make a health declaration on the
NCOVI app and install the Bluezone application to be warned of the risk of
COVID-19 infection./.
Source: VietnamPlus
