#Infection

The Ministry of Health on June 19 reported 533 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, the lowest number recorded in the country over the past year.

Local police and functional forces in Mai Son district, Son La, have been deployed to medical checkpoints as the locality is facing a surge in COVID-19 infections.

The Ministry of Health announced the detection of a further 4,899 new COVID-19 infections on October 29 across 50 localities nationwide, an increase of 13 compared to the previous day.

The number of COVID-19 infections nationwide is increasing due to the ongoing extensive testing campaign, while effective care measures are resulting in a gradual decline in the death rate, according to the Ministry of Health.

The capital of Hanoi is at high risk of recording an increase in the number COVID-19 cases within the community as it has many densely populated alleys and streets, as well as crowded residential areas, according to experts.

Experts have been examining the source of COVID-19 infection at the centrally-run psychiatric hospital in Dong Nai’s Bien Hoa city after 62 patients there were infected with the virus.

Eighteen healthcare workers in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during 24 hours, according to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC).

A further 504 people, including four entrants to the country, were confirmed positive for the SASR-CoV-2 virus on the evening of July 6, thereby taking the daily infection count to 1,029, according to figures compiled by the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam has recorded an additional 159 coronavirus cases, including 158 locally acquired infections, in eight localities nationwide during the past 12 hours, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its 06.00am COVID-19 update.

The nation recorded 92 more COVID-19 infections, including 91 domestic cases, and one imported infection, in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on June 14, taking the national tally to 10,630, according to the Ministry of Health.

A further 43 local COVID-19 cases and one imported infection were recorded on June 8 morning, with current hotspots of Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Ho Chi Minh City taking the most, according to data released by the Health Ministry.

The Health Ministry confirmed 50 more local COVID-19 cases over the past 6 hours May 21, raising Vietnam's infection tally in its new coronavirus wave to 1,835.

Iran’s president said on Wednesday that the United States had lost a historic opportunity to lift sanctions on his country over the coronavirus, while adding that the penalties had not hampered Tehran’s fight against the infection.

Vietnam reported 13 new Zika cases, this year, raising total infections of the mosquito-borne virus to 233 since last summer with nearly 90% of the patients living in Ho Chi Minh City.