People who had close contact with patients are taken to a concentrated quarantine establishment in northern Dien Bien province (Photo: VNA)keeping the total number of infections in the country at 1,976.
Of the total number,
1,087 are domestically-transmitted cases, including 394 infections since the latest outbreaks hit the northern region on January 27, said the National
Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
As many as 1,465
COVID-19 patients have given the all-clear to date while the number of deaths
related to the disease remained at 35.
The Subcommittee
for Treatment reported that among patients undergoing treatment at medical
establishments nationwide, 10 tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
once, three twice and two thrice.
Up to 80,113
people who had close contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients or entered
Vietnam from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined across the country,
including 489 in hospitals, 24,362 in state-designated establishments and the
remainders at their residences./.
Source: VietnamPlus
