An apartment building was put under quarantine. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi, (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new case of
for the past 12 hours, with the number of cases remain at 270 as of
6 am on May 1, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention
and Control.
The country has had no infections in the community for a
full 15 days as from 6am on April 16.
A total of 47,735 people are under quarantine or health
monitoring across the country. They are people who returned from epidemic-hit
countries or had close contact with COVID-19 patients.
Among patients under treatment at hospitals, 10 have tested
negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, and five negative for at least twice.
On April 30, Standing Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh
Long signed a document asking hospitals and health departments of provinces and
cities to implement telemedical checkup to help with epidemic prevention.
Medical institutions can continue using software they have
used until now, or use IT platforms in accordance with guidance of the Ministry
of Health and Ministry of Information and Communication./.
Source: VietnamPlus
