The Hanoi-based Vietnam National Hospital for Tropical Diseases reports 14 Covid-19 infection cases on May 5
According to the ministry's report, 14 out of 18 locally-transmitted cases were detected at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The hospital has stopped receiving new in-patients since May 5 to conduct Covid-19 tests for all staff members, patients, and patients' caregivers.
Four other new patients are from Hanoi, Quang Nam, Dong Nai, and Hai Duong provinces.
Eight imported patients are all Vietnamese people who recently returned from Japan, Poland, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Russia. They were sent to quarantine areas in Danang and Ho Chi Minh cities, and Long An, Tay Ninh, Soc Trang, and Hai Duong provinces for Covid-19 prevention upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 3,022, including 1,626 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on May 5, a total of 2,560 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
At present, nearly 41,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.
