Five more locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases confirmed in Quang Nam

A health worker takes blood sample from a person to test for COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported
five new COVID-19 infections in the central province of Quang Nam on July 30
afternoon, announced the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.

All the five patients, including four
women, had links to the outbreak at in the central city of Da
Nang.

Among Vietnam’s total 464 confirmed
patients, 276 are imported cases who were immediately quarantined upon arrival.

At present, 18 patients have tested
negative for the virus at least once.

The number of since
July 25 climbed to 48.

More than 81,540 people who had close
contact with patients or returning from pandemic-hit areas are being
quarantined across the country, including 472 at hospital, 14,213 at
concentrated facilities and 66,861 at their accommodations./.