Health workers perform COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has detected a number of
new, highly-contagious , including BA.2.74, said the General
Department of Preventive Medicine on August 17.
The department also corrected its August 15 report which mistakenly mentioned among sub-variants circulating in Vietnam. It is BA.2.74, not BA.2.74, it said
in the latest statement, adding that the first case of was reported in the
Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital on August 8.
Other Omicron sub-variants found in the country are BA.4,
BA.5, and BA.2.12.1, according to the department.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned of a spike in the
number of new COVID-19 infections as well as critical cases. Over the past
week, Vietnam has recorded an average of 2,000 new COVID-19 cases each day.
More than 100 seriously ill COVID-19 patients are being treated at hospitals.
The General Department of Preventive Medicine has asked
local health authorities to update the number of new COVID-19 cases on a daily
basis, so health authorities can have sufficient
data to accurately assess the pandemic situation.
The national caseload in Vietnam reached 11,370,462 cases of COVID-19 as of August 16. The total number of recoveries rose to over 10 million. The country has so far administered more than 251 million
doses of vaccines./.
Source: VietnamPlus
