New eight imported cases reported on April 22, over 128,600 vaccinated

 

Hanoi (VNA) – During the past 12 hours to 6am
April 23, eight new imported cases were confirmed, who were put under
quarantine right after their arrivals, with five in Ho Chi Minh City and three
in Nam Dinh, reported the .

Vietnam logged a total of 2,824 COVID-19 cases as of 6am on
April 23, including 910 cases from January 27.

So far, as many as 39,191 people who had close contact with
or entered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, including 518 in
hospitals, 23,668 in other facilities and 14,985 at homes.

The ministry’s reported that
2,490 patients have been given the all-clear from the virus.

Among patients under treatment, 12 tested negative to
SARS-CoV-2 once, 11 twice and 17 others thrice.

According to the ministry, an additional 20,203 Vietnamese were
vaccinated against on April 22, bringing the total number of
vaccinated people to 128,610.

The same day, a working delegation led by Deputy Health
Minister and deputy head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19
Prevention and Control Prof. Tran Van Thuan inspected anti-pandemic work in the
southern province of Soc Trang.

Soc Trang is among the 13 provinces nationwide and the two
provinces in the south without any infections.

Southern border provinces are tightening border control to
prevent illegal entry. The An Giang provincial border guards reported on April
22 that they worked with counterparts in Dong Thap to promptly prevent 12
people who were going to illegally enter Vietnam.

From January-April, Tay Ninh provincial border guards
discovered 131 illegal entry cases involving 403 immigrants, and launched
criminal proceedings against four people in two cases./.