COVID-19: Vietnam enters 93rd consecutive day without community infection
Vietnam has gone through more than three months without any community transmissions, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Repatriated overseas Vietnamese citizens arrive at a quarantine centre in Hoa Binh province on July 17 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has gone through more than three months without anycommunity transmissions, according to the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The committee’s Treatment Subcommittee said that as of 6am on July 18, Vietnamrecorded a total 382 people infected with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, ofwhom 357 fully recovered or 93.5 percent. There is no death from the disease.
The remaining 25 patients are being treated in health facilities instable condition, with five tested negative once and four at least twice.
As many as 10,133people who had close contact with patients or entered from epidemic-hit areasare being quarantined, including 78 at hospitals, 9,613 in other concentratedquarantine establishments and 442 at home./.
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To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
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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.
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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.