Reuters
Cases of COVID-19 infection continued to climb in Vietnam this week, with authorities locking down residential areas and industrial zones for disinfection, state media said on Thursday.
Officials in Cambodia transferred inmates from a provincial prison to slow the spread of the disease behind bars amid rising numbers of deaths in the country, while in Laos residents voiced concern over the safety of vaccines despite a rise in cases there.
In Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, two apartment buildings, Ho Guom Plaza and Booyoung Vina both located in the capital’s Ha Dong district were closed and disinfected after two residents were found to be infected, media sources said.
The national count rose to 3,710, with 2,253 domestic and
1,457 imported cases.
An additional 21 patients were given the all-clear, raising
the total number of recoveries to 2,657. The death toll remains at 35.
Meanwhile, 77,648 people are being quarantined nationwide.
To stay safe from
COVID-19, people are urged to strictly
follow the MoH’s 5K health message: khau trang (facemask), khu khuan
(disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khai
bao y te (health declaration)./. VNA
Collecting samples for
COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 21 new COVID-19
cases, all detected in quarantine areas, over the last six hours to 12:00pm on
May 13, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The new patients include seven in Bac Giang, four in Hung
Yen, four in Thai Binh, three in Hanoi, and one each in Thua Thien-Hue, Ha Nam
and Hoa Binh.
These raised the
national count to 3,679, including 2,234
domestic infections and 1,445 imported cases. A total of 664 cases have been
documented since the fourth COVID-19 wave hit
Vietnam on April 27.
To stay safe from COVID-19, people are urged to strictly
Vietnam sticks to tried and tested methods to combat new Covid wave
By Viet Tuan May 11, 2021 | 11:45 am GMT+7
A medic takes samples of a guard at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC for coronavirus tests on May 6, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa.
To contain the new Covid-19 wave and break the chain of infection, Vietnam will continue to do exactly what it has been doing since the pandemic started. Absolutely nothing has been and will be changed in our strategies and principles to fight and prevent Covid-19 outbreaks, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, said at a meeting Monday.