Vietnam has ended its third consecutive day clear of new coronavirus infections, keeping its count of active cases at 48.
The 48 active patients include eight relapse cases. Three relapses were recorded Monday – two in Ho Chi Minh City and one in the northern province of Phu Tho. All are being monitored at different hospitals in the country.
Of the 48, eight have tested negative once and six twice.
The eight relapses exclude one relapsed patient, a Briton, who has left Vietnam and was confirmed negative later by his home country.
The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City are cultivating viruses from relapsed patients to further study the cause of the phenomenon.
Vietnam have recorded 270 coronavirus patients so far, of whom 222 have been discharged from hospitals.
By last Friday morning, Vietnam had gone eight straight days without a new infection, but the evening saw two new cases, both students returning from Japan. They were quarantined on arrival and are now under treatment in Hanoi.
There have been no cases of community transmission since April 16.
The country has 52,000 people in quarantine – 323 in hospitals, 11,000 in quarantine facilities and the rest at home.
The Covid-19 pandemic has spread to 210 countries and territories, with almost 207,391 deaths reported so far.
Source: Vnexpress