COVID-19: 28 more cases confirmed over last 12 hours, all in locked down areas
Vietnam confirmed 28 new COVID-19 infections, all detected in locked down areas in the north, over the last 12 hours to 6:00am on May 11, taking the national tally to 3,489, according to the Ministry of Health.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed 28 new COVID-19infections, all detected in locked down areas in the north, over the last 12hours to 6:00am on May 11, taking the national tally to 3,489, according to theMinistry of Health.
The new patients comprise one in Hanoi’s Kim Chungfacility of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 13 in Bac Ninh, sevenin Vinh Phuc, five in Bac Giang, one in Lang Son and one in Hai Duong.
So far, the country counted 1,433 imported cases and2,056 domestic infections – 486 of which have been found since the fourthcoronavirus wave hit the country on April 27. A total of 211,016 samples have alsobeen collected for COVID-19 testing since then, the ministry said.
As many as 67,877 people who had come into close contactwith COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantineor self-quarantine nationwide at present.
The accumulative number of recovered cases remained at2,618. Among active patients, 25 have tested negative for the coronavirus once,17 twice and 25 thrice.
The ministry further added that more 25,057 peoplevaccinated against the virus on May 10, raising the number of vaccine dosesadministered in Vietnam to 892,454. Most of vaccinated people are healthworkers and frontliners./.
University and school students from more than 30 cities and provinces nationwide on May 10 entered the second week of online studying since their schools were shut on May 4 due to the serious ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks.
The serious observance of the health ministry’s 5K message would help stop the community transmission of COVID-19 in Vietnam, heard a meeting in Hanoi on May 10.
The northern province of Bac Ninh, which is among localities affected by the latest COVID-19 outbreak that began in late April, has decided to open two hospitals capable of treating 600 COVID-19 patients.
Vietnam recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19 over the past six hours to 6pm on May 10, including 16 domestically-transmitted infections, the Ministry of Health said.
The Lao health ministry on May 10 afternoon said the country detected 25 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the lowest number recorded in the country over the last 18 days.
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The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
