Health workers in southern Kien Giang province checks temperature for a local (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 4 morning, marking
18 days in a row since April 16 without new infections in the community, according
to the National Steering Committee for Prevention and Control.
The
country has so far confirmed 271 cases tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2,
including 219 recoveries and no deaths.
The
committee’s treatment subcommittee reported that 12 patients tested negative
for the virus once and nine others tested negative twice or more.
A
total 27,409 people having close contact with patients or coming from
pandemic-hit countries are under quarantine at hospitals, concentrated
quarantine areas, or at home.
The
Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 () of the Ministry
of Health has gained initial success in studying a potential coronavirus
vaccine.
Right
after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Vietnam in January 2020, 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./.
Source: VietnamPlus
