A COVID-19 control post in northern Hai Duong province (Photo: VNA)keeping the total number at 1,060, of which 691 are locally transmitted cases.
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, according to the
National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The
Subcommittee for Treatment said up to 902 out of the 1,060 patients have made
full recovery.
Among the
active patients, 16 tested negative for coronavirus SAR-CoV-2 once, 17 twice and
21 three times. Meanwhile, four patients are in a critical condition and face a
high risk of death.
The country has so
far recorded 35 deaths,
mostly of them were elderly people with serious underlying diseases.
The ministry 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
