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11/05/2021 12:04 GMT+7
COVID-19: 30 cases reported on May 11 afternoon
Vietnam documented 30 cases of COVID-19 during the past six hours to 6pm on May 11, with three imported cases and 27 cases among people being quarantined, according to the Health Ministry.
No new clusters were detected in the period.
The national count rose to 3,537, including 528 reported since April 27.
The number of recovered patients reached 2,618. Among active patients, 25 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 17 twice and 25 thrice.
A total 67,877 people are being quarantined nationwide, with 1,018 in hospitals, 27,641 in designated facilities and 39,218 in their places of residence./.
Strictly following 5K message would curb local COVID-19 infections: Expert Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The serious observance of the health ministry’s 5K message would help stop the community transmission of COVID-19 in Vietnam, heard a meeting in Hanoi on May 10.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the meeting.
The 5K message comprises khau trang (face masks), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distancing), khong tu tap (no gatherings), and khai bao y te (health declarations).
Speaking at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, Associate Professor Dr Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, pointed out four current major pandemic clusters in the country - central Da Nang city, northern Yen Bai province, and the K Hospital and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, both in Hanoi, plus a new hotspot in the northern province of Hai Duong.
Complacency, non-compliance compound Vietnam s new Covid woes
Military personnel disinfect Hanoi's National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, May 6, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
A lax mentality that breached prevention protocols has worsened the situation of virus variants and other factors that Vietnam is dealing with in its fourth Covid-19 wave.
After going for more than a month without any Covid-19 community transmission, the streak snapped on April 27 with a hotel employee infected by a group of Indian experts quarantined at the hotel in the northern province of Yen Bai.
Two days later, six more local cases were recorded in the northern province of Ha Nam. The cases stemmed from one man who finished his mandatory 14-day quarantine period after returning from Japan, but neglected post-quarantine self-isolation protocols and ended up passing the virus to others.
The gales that fuel Vietnam s new coronavirus storm
Military personnel disinfect Hanoi s National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, May 6, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
Numerous alarming factors, including multiple outbreaks, coronavirus variants and lax mentality have all contributed to Vietnam s ongoing fourth Covid-19 wave, experts said.
After spending around a month with no new community transmission, on April 27 Vietnam saw its streak broken after a hotel employee in the northern Yen Bai Province got infected from a group of Indian experts quarantined at the hotel.
Two days later, six local cases were recorded in northern Ha Nam Province, stemming from a man who finished his mandatory 14-day quarantine period after returning from Japan, but neglected self-isolation protocols and passed on the virus.
Complacency, non-compliance compounds Vietnam s new Covid woes
Military personnel disinfect Hanoi's National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, May 6, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.
A lax mentality that breached prevention protocols has worsened the situation of virus variants and other factors that Vietnam is dealing with in its fourth Covid-19 wave.
After going for more than a month without any Covid-19 community transmission, the streak snapped on April 27 with a hotel employee infected by a group of Indian experts quarantined at the hotel in the northern province of Yen Bai.
Two days later, six more local cases were recorded in the northern province of Ha Nam. The cases stemmed from one man who finished his mandatory 14-day quarantine period after returning from Japan, but neglected post-quarantine self-isolation protocols and ended up passing the virus to others.