COVID-19: No new local transmissions reported in Vietnam for 75 straight days

A COVID-19 patient is treated at Ho Chi Minh City's Cho Ray Hospital (Photo: VNA)

 Vietnam has gone through 75 consecutive days without no new COVID-19 cases recorded in the community on June 30 morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Among the total 355 infections, 215 were imported and quarantined upon arrival.

At present, 9,877 people having close contact with patients or entering from pandemic-hit areas are quarantined at hospitals, concentrated quarantine facilities, and homes.

The committee’s treatment sub-committee reported that 335 patients have given all-clear and there is no death. 

Twenty patients are being treated at health facilities nationwide and most are in stable condition. One tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once and three tested negative at least twice./.

VNA

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