No new community transmission case of COVID-19 in three consecutive weeks

Published date: 07 May 2020

Viet Nam has gone 21 days in a row without new community transmission case of COVID-19, the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported Thursday morning. 

The nation’s total number of infection cases reached a plateau at  217, including 131 imported patients who were sent to centralized quarantine camps immediately after their arrivals.

Of the current 39 active cases, only 17 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Meanwhile, 20,942 people are being kept in quarantine at present, including 169 at hospitals, 6,469 at other quarantine facilities, and 14,304 at home./.

Source: VGP News