Samples taken for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged no new COVID-19 infections in the past
12 hours to 6am on March 15, the announced.
The country has recorded 1,594 , including
901 cases since the latest outbreak hit Hai Duong province and some other
northern localities on January 27.
As many as 39,613 people who came in close contact with COVID-19 patients or
arrived from are under quarantine nationwide, including 503
in hospitals, 16,056 int other quarantine sites, and 23,054 at their residences.
The Treatment Sub-committee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control said that 2,086 patients have been declared to be clear
of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 so far.
Among the patients under treatment, 48 have tested negative for the virus once,
48 twice, and 91 thrice.
According to the National Expanded Immunisation Programme, a total of 11,605
frontline medical workers and members of community-based anti-COVID-19 groups
in Vietnam had been injected with COVID-19 vaccine as of 4:00 pm on March 14.
The country began its inoculation campaign on March 8.
Quang Ninh, Dien Bien and Dong Thap provinces are to start COVID-19 vaccination
this week.
Vietnam is to begin human trials of COVIVAC candidate vaccine, developed by the
Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) on March 15 at Hanoi
Medical University.
This is the second made-in-Vietnam candidate vaccine tested on humans. Earlier,
Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Company completed the first phase of human
trials of its Nano Covax, and began the second phase on February 26.
In a bid to live safely with the pandemic, people should strictly follow the
Ministry of Health’s 5K message: khau trang (facemask), khu khuan
(disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering) and khai
bao y te (health declaration)./.
Source: VietnamPlus
