Medical workers take samples for tessting for all people in Phu Da hamlet, Cong Ly district, Ha Nam province. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 57 new COVID-19 infections, including three imported
cases and 54 in quarantine facilities, over the last six hours to 6pm on May 16,
according to the Ministry of Health.
Of the three imported cases, all Vietnamese
citizens, one returned from Malaysia and two from Japan. They are being
quarantined in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province and Hanoi.
Among the domestically-transmitted cases, 24 were detected in Bac Ninh, 12 in
Da Nang, seven in Dien Bien, six in Ha
Nam, three in Hanoi, and two in Hai Duong.
To date, the country has recorded 2,709
and 1,466 imported cases. A total of 1,139
cases have been documented since the hit the country on
April 27.
Among the active patients, 46 have tested negative to SARS-CoV-2 once, 26
twice, and 28 thrice. As many as 2,668 patients have been given the all-clear.
Meanwhile, 104,077 people are being quarantined nationwide./.
Source: VietnamPlus
