Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 infections on December 16, with the tally standing at 1,405, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Of the total, 693 cases were transmitted domestically. December 16 marked the 15th consecutive day without community-transmitted infections in the country.
As of December 16 afternoon, 1,252 patients had been given the all-clear. The fatalities remain at 35.
Among patients still under treatment, three have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, six twice and six thrice.
A total of 18,378 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide, with 207 at hospitals, 15,567 at concentrated facilities and 2,804 at home or their accommodations, according to Vietnam News Agency.
Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have lifted a ban on several areas traced back to recent community-based COVID-19 cases, as all people having contact with the patients have completed their 14-day quarantine period.
The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) confirmed on Wednesday morning that no local infections have been detected in the southern metropolis since December 2.
All locations visited by COVID-19 patients 1,342, 1,347, 1,348, and 1,349 are no longer sealed off after all people having contact with the patients have completed their 14-day quarantine period and tested negative for the novel coronavirus.
The four patients were confirmed in late November and early this month after Vietnam had spent 88 days detecting zero domestic infections, Tuoi Tre Newspaper reported.
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Source: Vietnam Insider