Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said people’s cooperation is the most vital factor in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) while addressing a meeting on Monday.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presides over a meeting on COVID-19 prevention and control on April 6, 2020. Photo: VGP
Phuc stressed the point as Viet Nam is on the 6th day of the 15-day nationwide social distancing campaign to contain the transmission of the virus with positive signals recorded over the past days.
The number of new infection cases has decreased while the number of recovered patients has increased, the Government chief highlighted.
He reiterated the need to continue implementation of the adopted measures as reinfection has occurred in some parts of the world.
As of Monday, more than 1.23 million people in 210 countries and territories contracted the virus, including 70,000 fatalities, according to the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
In Viet Nam, the infection tally rose to 241, of whom 150 are imported cases from pandemic-hit areas, accounting for over 62%, the Committee said.
Of the total, 95 have been cleared of the virus and exited hospitals while four of the currently active cases are in critical conditions but getting better.
Regarding the biggest COVID-19 cluster at Ha Noi’s Bach Mai Hospital, authorities tested 8,683 related people as of April 5, of whom 22 have been confirmed positive for the virus.
Competent authorities have also tracked 52,239 others who have visited the hospital in an efforts to prevent the virus transmission.
For second cluster at Ho Chi Minh City’s Buddha Bar, 4,379 people have been tested, of whom 18 cases found positive for the virus.
