Medical workers take samples for COVID-19 testing at a quarantine facility in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi
(VNA) – Vietnam entered its 84th straight day without new
of COVID-19 as of 6am on July 9.
According to
the National Steering Committee for Prevention and Control, the
national tally was kept unchanged at 369 cases, including 229 imported cases
which were put under quarantine upon their arrivals in the country.
A total of 347
patients have been declared free from the virus so far, accounting
for 94 percent of the total, while no deaths are recorded.
The remaining
22 active cases are being treated at hospitals and in stable condition. Among
them, two tested negative for the virus once and five others at least twice.
Over 13,300 people
who are in close contact with infected cases or returned Vietnam from
pandemic-hit countries remained under quarantine, of which 95 are quarantined
at hospitals, over 12,800 at other facilities and 420 at home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
