No new community COVID-19 cases reported in Vietnam for 19 straight days

To date, 221 patients have been given the all-clear. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 infections in the community on
May 5, making it 19 days in a row since April 16 without new cases, according to
the .

Among
the total 271 cases, 131 were imported and quarantined right after their
arrival in the country.

To
date, 221 patients have been given the all-clear. The remainders are being treated
at medical facilities nationwide. Most of them are in stable condition. Ten
tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 once and 11 negative twice or more.

Some
25,625 people having close contact with the patients or entering from
pandemic-hit countries are under at hospitals, concentrated
quarantine areas, or at home.

The
Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (Vabiotech) of the Ministry
of Health has gained initial success in studying a potential coronavirus
vaccine.

Right
after the first case was reported in Vietnam in January, the company
partnered with the UK’s Bristol University to conduct research on the vaccine.

Blood
test samples on mice will be sent to the National Institute of Hygiene and
Epidemiology for evaluation./.