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Vietnam documents no COVID-19 infections on May 5 morning

Vietnam logged no new COVID-19 infections in the past 12 hours to 6am on May 5, making the nation’s tally unchanged at 2,996 with 1,608 locally-transmitted cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam documents no COVID-19 infections on May 5 morning ảnh 1COVID-19 vaccination (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged no new COVID-19 infections in the past 12hours to 6am on May 5, making the nation’s tally unchanged at 2,996 with 1,608locally-transmitted cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

The ministry’s Department of MedicalExamination and Treatment Department said the country has seen 2,560 recoveriesso far.

A total 40,736 people who came in close contact with COVID-19 patients orarrived from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide, including 560at hospitals, 21,733 other quarantine sites, and 18,443 at home.

Among patients under treatment, 24 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 12twice, and 38 thrice.

A total of 585,539 frontline medical workers and members of community-basedanti-COVID-19 groups in Vietnam had been injected with COVID-19 vaccine as of 4pmon May 4. The country began its COVID-19 inoculation campaign on March 8.

In a bid to live safely with the pandemic,people should strictly follow the Ministry of Health’s 5K message: khau trang(facemask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (nogathering), and khai bao y te (health declaration)./.
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