May 26, 2020 | 15:58 (GMT+7)
COVID-19: Vietnam reports no community transmission for 40 days
No more new COVID-19 cases were reported in Vietnam in the past 12 hours from 18:00 on May 25 to 6:00 on May 26, making the tally remain at 326, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
May 26 also marked the 40th consecutive day Vietnam has gone through without community transmission.
Among the infections, 186 cases are imported and quarantined after entering the country, 272 have recovered fully and no death has been reported.
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At present, 54 patients are being treated at centrally and locally run medical facilities, with seven testing negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, and four twice or more.
A total of 14,739 people having close contact with patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions have been quarantined at hospitals, concentrated establishments, and home.
Source: VNA