Vietnam goes 42nd straight days without community transmission
Vietnam confirmed no new COVID-19 cases from 18pm on May 27 to 6am on May 28, marking the 42nd consecutive day since April 16 without community transmission.
Nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and quarantined upon arrival on May 27 (Photo: VNA).
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed nonew COVID-19 cases from 18pm on May 27 to 6am on May 28, marking the 42nd consecutive day since April 16 without communitytransmission.
According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl, the total infections in the country stand at 327, including 187 imported cases which were quarantined upon their arrival,posing no risk of community infection.
As many as 278 out of 327 patients have recovered as updated on May 28 morning,accounting for 85 percent of the total, and there has been no death.
The 49 remainders are being treated at ninenational and provincial medial facilities, with six testing negative once forSARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes the acute respiratory disease,and 17 negative at least twice.
A total of 8,869 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or returned from pandemic-hit areasare under health monitoring, of whom 49 were quarantined at hospitals, 7,008 atother concentrated facilities and 1,812 at home.
The most critically ill COVID-19 patient inVietnam – a British pilot, known as Patient No. 91, who is being treated at HoChi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital, is now able to make basiccommunication with doctors after his dosage of sedatives was reduced onMay 27 evening.
His coughing has improved and he can move his fingers and toes, althoughbreathing and limb weakness remain issues, said doctors from the hospitals.
His lung functions have improved though not much./.
Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases in the last 12 hours from 18:00 on May 26 to 6:00 on May 27, entering the 41st consecutive day with no transmission in the community, announced the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 27 evening, marking 41 days in a row without new infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and quarantined upon arrival on May 27 (Photo: VNA). 
