As many as 10,041 people had been vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide (Photo: VNA)to 6am on March 14, keeping the total number of infections in the country at
2,553, the Ministry of Health said.
Of
the total, 1,594 are domestically-transmitted cases, including 901 infections
detected since the third outbreak struck Vietnam on January 27.
As
many as 39,613 people who had close contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients or
entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across the
country, including 503 in hospitals, 16,056 in state-designated establishments
and 23,054 at their residences.
According
to the Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control, a total of 2,086 patients have recovered from the disease.
Among active patients undergoing treatment at medical establishments, 48 tested
negative to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 48 twice and 91 thrice.
Data
from the National Expanded Immunisation Programme showed that, by March
13, as many as 10,041 people, all of them are medical workers and members of
community COVID-19 prevention and control teams, had been vaccinated.
Most
of the vaccinated people (6,287) are in northern Hai Duong province which has
been hardest hit by the latest outbreak since January 27./.
Source: VietnamPlus
