Three weeks pass without new COVID-19 infections in community

Leaflets with information are distributed to people quarantined at a facility of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, in Thach That district (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam hasn’t recorded any new COVID-19
infections in the community for 21 straight days, and the number of cases still
stands at 271, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control
said on May 7 morning.

Among the total, 131 are imported cases, and
they were put in quarantine upon their arrival in the country.

So far, 232 patients or 86 percent have
recovered from the . 

The 39 remainders are currently under treatment
at central and provincial-level health care establishments, and most of them
are in stable condition. Sixteen have tested negative for the novel coronavirus
once, and six others negative at least twice.

Meanwhile, there are 20,942 people kept in
quarantine at present, including 169 at hospitals, 6,469 at other quarantine
facilities, and 14,304 at home./.