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Vietnam’s local cases in new COVID-19 wave rise to 240

Vietnam’s local cases in new COVID-19 wave rise to 240

Monday, February 01, 2021, 08:21 GMT+7
Vietnam’s local cases in new COVID-19 wave rise to 240
A COVID-19 patient is treated in Quang Ninh Province, northern Vietnam. Photo: Nguyen The Thiem

Vietnam’s number of local infections in a new coronavirus wave increased to 240 on Monday morning, when two more cases were logged in Hanoi.

The two new patients were linked to the epicenter in Hai Duong Province in the northern region, the Ministry of Health said in a report.

They are being isolated for treatment at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi.

Vietnam was hit by a new outbreak of infections on January 28, after the country had gone almost two months without any domestic transmission.

A total of 240 local cases have been recorded since then, according to the health ministry’s data.

One hundred and eighty-eight patients were documented in Hai Duong, 25 in Quang Ninh, 15 in Hanoi, four in Gia Lai, three in Bac Ninh, two in Hoa Binh, and one each in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, and Hai Phong.

The majority of the domestically-transmitted cases were traced back to Hai Duong and Quang Ninh.

Health officials have conducted aggressive contact tracing as well as targeted testing and lockdowns since the new wave blindsided the country.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is chief of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, said last week that Vietnam will suppress this outbreak within this week given such stringent measures.

Vietnam has confirmed 1,819 coronavirus cases, including 933 domestic infections, as of Monday morning, with 1,457 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

It recorded 84 local transmissions on Thursday, 62 on Friday, 61 on Saturday, and 31 on Sunday.

The health ministry will give another update on case counts at 6:00 pm on Monday.

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