May 02, 2020 | 18:16 (GMT+7)
Vietnam reports no new COVID-19 cases for 16 days, total remains at 270
Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases over the past 16 consecutive days, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo for illustration: vov.vn) |
Among the total 270 infections, 219 have recovered, and there are still no deaths.
Fifty-one other patients are being treated at hospitals and medical facilities, including 16 tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 once or twice.
On May 1, two patients including a 52-year-old Brazilian man and a 25-year-old British man who had previously been given the all-clear tested positive again, according to the Health Department of Ho Chi Minh City.
To date, 30,517 people having close contact with patients or entering from pandemic-hit areas have been quarantined at hospital, medical centres and home.
Source: VNA