Testing for COVID-19 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Additional 20 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the past12 hours till 6am on May 22, including 11 in Bac Giang, three in Bac Ninh, one in DienBien, four in Hai Duong and one in Thai Binh, reported the Health Ministry.
As of 6am on May 22, Vietnam logged a total of 3,482 local and 1,479 importedcases. The total number of new cases from April 27 was 1,912.
Up to 179,006 people who had close contact with patients orentered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, including 4,490 inhospitals, 36,815 in concentrated quarantine facilities and 137,801 at homes.
Among patients under treatment at medical facilies, 63 testednegative once, 34 twice and 23 thrice. There were 41 deaths related to thedisease and 2,689 were given the all-clear from the virus.
Since April 29, 1.44 million people have tested for the virus.
On May 21, 5,587 more people were vaccinated.
As of 4pm on May 21, over 1 million vaccine doses were injected into medical workers in cities andprovinces, 28,961 of them were given two shots.
The National Assembly Standing Committee also proposed earmarking 12.1 trillionVND to buy vaccines.
The Health Ministry called on citizens to follow the 5K message,including khau trang (facemask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoangcach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khai bao y te (healthdeclaration).
It advised calling the hotline 19009095 or otherhotlines of local medical units to receive instructions in case anyone showsthe symptoms of fever, coughing and breath troubles./.
