Quang Ninh has no COVID-19 cases in community in 11 days
The northern province of Quang Ninh has gone through 11 straight days with no COVID-19 infections in the community, and four consecutive days without any new cases.
A post for COVID-19 quarantine in Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northern province of Quang Ninh has gone through 11 straight dayswith no COVID-19 infections in thecommunity, and four consecutive days without any new cases.
As of February 19,only 20 COVID-19 cases out of the 43 infections in Quang Ninh had tested positivefor SARS-CoV-2 virus.
From February 14 -18, 15 cases were cured in the locality.
Since the first caseof COVID-19 in the community confirmed on January 27, the locality has recorded 60 infections, of which twocases are being quarantined and treated at the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi's outlying district of Dong Anh, and the rest are treated in health facicalitiesin Quang Ninh.
Regarding testing, morethan 136,000 locals have been tested from January 27 to February 19.
Provincial authoritieson February 8 announced that thepandemic was kept under control in thelocality.
Vietnam has no new COVID-19 cases to reportin the past 12 hours to 6am of February 20, while the number of recoveries is1,627, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl.
So far, thecountry has seen 1,463 locally-transmitted cases,including 775 cases found since January 27 when a new COVID-19 wave broke out./.
The northern province of Quang Ninh announced on February 8 that it managed to control the COVID-19 pandemic just in one week after it detected the first locally-transmitted infection on January 27, according to the provincial steering board for COVID-19 prevention and control.
In the past 12 hours to 6am February 11, 18 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Hai Duong (15 cases) and Quang Ninh (3 cases) provinces, taking the national count to 2,109, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
A total of 775 people completed their concentrated quarantine period in Dong Nai, Bac Lieu and Quang Ninh provinces on February 11, or the last day of the lunar year, and were allowed to go home, just on time to celebrate Tet with their families.
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A post for COVID-19 quarantine in Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA) 
