A soldier is spraying chemical to disinfect thoroughly the environment and related areas in order to contain the spread of COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –
Vietnam reported no new cases on July 9, marking
without any infections in the community, according to the National Steering
Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Among 369 confirmed
infections to date, 229 were imported cases and were put under quarantine upon
their arrival in Vietnam, posing no risk of transmission in the community.
As many as 347 patients
have been given the all-clear from the novel coronavirus , accounting
for 94 percent of the total number, and no death was reported.
The remaining 22 active cases are
being treated at hospitals and in stable condition. Among them, five people tested
negative for the virus at least twice.
A total of 13,322 people who had close
contact with infected cases or returned Vietnam from pandemic-hit countries and
territories remained under quarantine, of whom 95 are quarantined at hospitals,
12,807 at other concentrated quarantine facilities and 420 at home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
