No more new COVID-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam on July 27 morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The total number of infections still stood at 420, of whom 276 are imported and were quarantined upon arrival. Vietnam News Agency reported.
A report of the steering committee’s Treatment Sub-committee showed that 365 patients, or 86.9 percent, have recovered fully. Among the active patients, five tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once and three negative at least twice.
Two new cases of Covid-19 community transmission were confirmed in Da Nang and nearby Quang Ngai Province Sunday evening. The latest infections also raise the number of community transmissions in the past few days to four, the first of which broke Vietnam’s 99-day streak with no community transmission of the novel coronavirus. VNExpress reported.
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“Patient 419” is a 17-year-old male from Quang Phu Ward, Quang Ngai Town, Quang Ngai Province.
On July 14, he visited the Da Nang Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital to take care of his brother. He returned to Quang Ngai on July 17 on the same coach as some people from the Da Nang C Hospital, the one visited by a 57-year-old man who later became “Patient 416”, the first case that ended the 99-day community transmission free streak.
The Quang Ngai youth developed a fever on July 20 when he returned to the Da Nang Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital. Last Wednesday, he had taken a train from Da Nang to Quang Ngai and visited the Quang Ngai C General Hospital with fever, a mild cough and shortness of breath.
His samples were taken by the Quang Ngai Center for Disease Control on Friday and sent to the Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang. The result showed he was positive for the virus. He is being treated at the Binh Son Medical Center, Dung Quat Industrial Park in the central province.
“Patient 420” is a 71-year-old woman from Hoa Cuong Nam Ward in Da Nang’s Hai Chau District. She had fever and chest pain on July 12 and was hospitalized at Da Nang C Hospital last Wednesday.
The hospital sent her samples to Da Nang Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday and the result came back positive. She is being treated at the same hospital.
Da Nang, with three cases of Covid-19 community transmission, stopped receiving tourists for 14 days starting Sunday, banned gatherings of 30 plus people and urged residents to maintain social distancing.
The central city has also closed “non-essential” services like amusement parks, beauty parlors, karaoke and massage parlors and bars.
According to Vietnam News Agency, There are currently 11,954 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions being quarantined, including 232 at hospitals, 10,922 at concentrated quarantine facilities, and 800 at home.
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Source: Vietnam Insider