A lab technician performs COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health reported 53
new COVID-19 cases, all local infections, over the last 6 hours to 12pm on May
27, raising the national tally to 6,164.
Of the new cases, 30 were confirmed in , 21 in
Bac Giang, and one each in Dien Bien and Hai Duong.
So far, the number of infections reported since April 27
when the fourth coronavirus wave hit the country amounted to 3,104, half of
which are in Bac Giang.
In the face of the growing complexity of the current
COVID-19 resurgence, many agencies, cities and provinces have sent healthcare
workers and lab technicians to aid local response in and Bac
Ninh. They have been working day and night to stem the rapid spread of the
coronavirus in the two provinces.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has awarded
certificates of merit to 398 individuals who are frontline medical workers and
students from medical universities in recognition of their outstanding
performance and tireless support for Bac Giang and Bac Ninh’s COVID-19 fight./.
Source: VietnamPlus
