No new community COVID-19 infections reported for 61 days

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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam went through 61 consecutive days without
COVID-19 transmissions in the community as of 6pm on June 16, said the National
Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. 

Among the confirmed infections, 194 infection are imported cases and were quarantined
right after their arrival in the country.

At present, 7,250 people who had close contact with patients or entered
from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined, including 81 in hospitals, 6,248 in other concentrated quarantine facilities and 921 at home.

The same day, two more patients were given the all-clear.

Vietnam has to date recorded 334 infections, 325 of them have fully
recovered, accounting for 97 percent./.