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WHO says new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam no cause for excessive alarm

World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Vietnam Kidong Park has said the occurrence of new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang is not alarming, as the virulence of this strain is no different from that in other countries.
WHO says new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam no cause for excessive alarm ảnh 1World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Vietnam Kidong Park (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - World Health Organisation(WHO) representative in Vietnam Kidong Park has said the occurrence of new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam’scentral city of Da Nang is not alarming, as the virulence of this strain is no differentfrom that in other countries.

Park saidthe coronavirus recently detected in DaNang is quite similar to the SARS-CoV-2 that causedthe acute respiratory disease (COVID-19) in other nations in July.

Despite themutations that appear in this virus, Park said there is no reason for greater concern.According to available data, the potential for transmission and the virulenceof this virus have not changed.

After 99consecutive days of no new community transmissions, Vietnamthen reported new local infections in DaNang and Quang Ngai.

ActingMinister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said in early July that the COVID-19pandemic could reappear in Vietnam.The ministry evaluated that the pandemic could develop in a complex manner and enacted the highest-level measures to fight it./.
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