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The 40 domestic infections were recorded in Hanoi with 24 cases, Da Nang (five), Hung Yen (four), Hai Duong, Dien Bien, Ha Nam, Nghe An, Nam Dinh, Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc with one each.

In Hanoi, the 24 patients are either linked to the infected Chinese experts in Yen Bai Province, or the Covid-19 cases confirmed at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases or the K cancer hospital in Tan Trieu Commune, both coronavirus hotspots in Hanoi.

The 24 patients are being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Dong Anh District.

The five patients in Da Nang are linked to the outbreak at the New Phuong Dong Bar in the central city. They are being treated at the Da Nang Lung Hospital.

In Hung Yen, the four patients are related to the cases in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

The case in Hai Duong is one who was in contact with a previous case here.

The case in Dien Bien is a person who traveled from Da Nang to Hanoi on flight VN160 of Vietnam Airlines on April 29. On May 2, after acknowledging that she was in the same flight with a Covid-19 case, the woman went for a health declaration and was quarantined in Dien Bien.

The case in Ha Nam is linked to the outbreak in this northern province.

The patient in Nghe An is one who had direct contact with an infected person in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases 2. The same goes for the new cases in Phu Tho and Nam Dinh.

The case in Vinh Phuc is a person who works at a karaoke parlor in Phuc Yen Town of the province.

The six imported cases were detected in HCMC, Da Nang, Quang Tri and Binh Thuan.

Nationwide, Vietnam has recorded 161 Covid-19 community transmission cases in 19 localities since January 27.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long on Friday described the current outbreak as “very alarming”.

He said the outbreak is complicated with many hotspots, diverse sources of infection and different virus variants having higher infection speed, as compared with the previous outbreaks.

“The control of the outbreak might even be more difficult in the coming time, with possible new hotspots and unknown sources of infection,” he added.

In a meeting on Covid-19 fighting on Friday, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam said a major reason behind this outbreak is the inadequate management on people entering Vietnam at centralized quarantine facilities, including hotels.

Some people who finished their 14-day centralized quarantine and still needed to be monitored for another 14 days at home but they failed to follow regulations and were not monitored properly, he noted. “Some even went to parties and karaoke parlors, that’s unacceptable.”

National Cancer Hospital’s Tân Triều facility under lockdown starting Friday morning. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The health ministry confirmed 40 domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections on Friday evening, including 11 at the National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) in Hà Nội, 10 of whom were reported earlier in the day .

Seven patients under treatment at the Tân Triều facility of the hospital along with four relatives of patients have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the ministry.

Three facilities of the hospital in Hà Nội, the largest cancer hospital in the country, with about 5,000 people – including staff, patients, carers and service workers – were ordered to quarantine at the hospital early on Friday morning until further notice.

Hà Nội also recorded nine more patients in Thường Tín District – including one-year-old and eight-year-old girls. Two of the nine likely caught the virus from coronavirus-positive Chinese experts at the same hotel during a visit to the central city of Đà Nẵng in late April, and seven of their direct contacts are now positive to the virus.

They are now treated at the Kim Chung facility of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Đông Anh District, Hà Nội, the frontline hospital for treating COVID-19 patients, which was placed under lockdown for two weeks since yesterday after a cluster of cases was reported here.

Hà Nội today reported three more cases at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases , including two medical workers and one relative of a patient, bringing the total cases to 41 (among the 800 present at the hospital when it went under lockdown), in addition to another 39-year-old woman in Hà Đông District who had recently been in the hospital to take care of a patient there.

The northern provinces of Phú Thọ, Nam Định and Hưng Yên respectively recorded one, one and four cases of COVID-19, all connected to the tropical diseases hospital’s cluster.

The central province of Nghệ An also recorded one case connected to the hospital.

Hải Dương, Hà Nam and Điện Biên Provinces each reported one new case related to previously confirmed patients.

Vĩnh Phúc Province posted one new case, a 19-year-old woman originally from Hà Giang Province, from the Sunny Bar outbreak, which is also related to the Chinese expert. Genetic sequencing previously confirmed the patients connected to this outbreak carry the Indian variant of the virus (B.1.617.2), suggesting the strong possibility that the Chinese experts got the virus from the same hotel they were quarantined at (Như Nguyệt 2 in Vĩnh Phúc) after arrival in the country about the same time as other Indian experts who were found positive for the virus.

The central city of Đà Nẵng reported four new cases related to the New Phương Đông (New Oriental) bar in Hải Châu District, and one who is a direct contact of a previously confirmed patient.

Combined with the six imported COVID-19 cases – including two returning Vietnamese arriving in HCM City, two returning Vietnamese in Đà Nẵng, one returning Vietnamese in Quảng Trị, and one Indonesian patient in Bình Thuận, all quarantined upon arrival, Việt Nam’s total caseload has reached 3,137.

A total of 2,560 patients have recovered, and among the patients currently under treatment, 76 have tested negative for the virus.

A total of 42,293 people who have either come into contact with confirmed cases or arrived in the country from overseas are currently in quarantine. — VNS

The professional council of the southern province’s health department said the cause of death was anaphylaxis due to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug allergy. “This is a very rare case after taking Covid-19 vaccination.”

Dr. Tu Quoc Tuan, director of the provincial health department, said the woman was vaccinated Thursday morning at the Tan Chau General Hospital. Before she was given the injection, she’d had a medical check and was informed of possible post-vaccination symptoms.

She experienced a post-vaccination shock and was treated at the hospital as per with the protocol. The hospital also consulted with the General Hospital of An Giang and Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City in treating the woman.

The patient was transferred soon to the provincial general hospital and the health ministry requested Cho Ray Hospital to send active resuscitation specialists and provide emergency assistance. However, the patient died Friday.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long called the woman’s family and the medical staff of the hospital to express his condolences.

Vietnam began administering the Covid-19 vaccine produced by the AstraZeneca company on March 8. As of Friday, 747,827 people in 57 provinces and cities had been inoculated.

Inoculation priority has been given to medical workers treating Covid-19 patients; those collecting samples for testing; members of Covid-19 prevention groups; members of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 prevention; police and army personnel.

Minister Long had said Thursday that a review of over 600,000 people who had been vaccinated showed that 16 percent had normal reactions after vaccination. These reactions disappeared after 24 hours of being injected. This rate was lower than in other countries. A few cases with more severe reactions have been handled well by doctors, he added.

To date, Vietnam has received two batches of Covid-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca: the first in February with 117,600 doses under a contract purchase by the Vietnam Vaccine Company; and the second of more than 800,000 doses in late March under the Covax facility, an initiative established by the United Nations for equitable access.

As planned, Covax will provide an additional 1.6 million doses to Vietnam on May 10. The vaccines will continue to be used for inoculating identified priority groups.

A medical worker died in Vietnam on Friday after being given the first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine a day earlier, according to the Ministry of Health.

The medical worker was a 35-year-old employee at Tan Chau Regional General Hospital in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, the health ministry said in a notice on Friday.

She died of anaphylaxis after being administered the first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine, it added.

“Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that occurs rarely after vaccination,” the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on its website.

This is the first time a person has died post-coronavirus vaccination after Vietnam started its mass inoculation on March 8.

The medical worker was carefully screened before her injection on Thursday morning, Dr. Tu Quoc Tuan, director of the An Giang Department of Health, was quoted as saying in the health ministry’s notice.

She suffered anaphylactic shock after getting the shot.

Her hospital quickly responded to the incident in accordance with Vietnam’s standardized protocols for postvaccinal complications.

Doctors at Tan Chau Regional General Hospital consulted their peers at the higher-level An Giang General Hospital and Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City via videoconference.

The patient was then transferred to An Giang General Hospital while the Ministry of Health required Cho Ray to second senior doctors to help the hospital deal with her complication.

But she was pronounced dead on Friday.

“This is a very rare case in COVID-19 vaccination [in Vietnam],” the ministry said.

Vietnam immunized almost 106,000 people against COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the total number near 748,000, the health ministry said in a separate report on Friday morning.

Those inoculated were medical staff and other frontline workers.

Thirty percent showed allergic reactions, most of which were injection site pain, fever, headache, vomiting, dizziness, and hypotension.

Vietnam is now using only AstraZeneca shots to inoculate its population after having received almost one million doses via purchase and the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme so far.

The Southeast Asian nation has registered 3,137 COVID-19 patients, including 41 local cases on Friday, as yet, according to the health ministry’s data.

Recoveries remain at 2,560 and virus-related deaths at 35.

The country has recorded no additional fatalities for months.

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