No new COVID-19 infections reported on April 16 morning

Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases over the past 12 hours to 6am on April 16, keeping the national tally at 2,758, according to the Health Ministry.
No new COVID-19 infections reported on April 16 morning ảnh 1Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad brought to a concentrated quarantine facility (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases over the past 12hours to 6am on April 16, keeping the national tally at 2,758, according to theHealth Ministry.

Of the total, 2,445 have been given the all-clear fromcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Among active patients, 16 have tested negative to thevirus once, 18 twice and 18 thrice.

A total of 38,743 people who had close contact with COVID-19patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined across thecountry, with 517 in hospitals, 22,945 in concentrated facilities and 15,281 athome or accommodations.

The ministry also released that an additional 1,820 peoplein seven provinces and cities were injected with COVID-19 vaccines on April 15,raising the total to 63,758.

One day earlier, 222 Vietnamese citizens returning fromJapan were brought to a concentrated quarantine facility in the centralprovince of Nghe An./.
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