A medical worker takes a blood sample from a recently repatriated overseas Vietnamese for testing at a quarantine site in Ha Nam province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – There were no new cases of
infection to report in Vietnam on July 17 morning, and the country has stayed
free of of the virus for 92 consecutive days, the National
Steering Committee for COVD-19 Prevention and Control said.
As many 241 of the 381 confirmed patients are
imported cases who were quarantined upon their arrival in the country.
Up to 356 patients or 93.4 percent of the total
have recovered from the disease.
Meanwhile, most of those still under treatment
are in stable condition, including two negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that
causes COVID-19, once and five others at least twice.
There are 10,133 people having close contact
with or coming from pandemic-hit areas in quarantine at
present, including 78 in hospitals, 9,613 in other quarantine sites, and 442 at
home or accommodation facilities./.
Source: VietnamPlus
