Community transmission

The number of daily cases in HCMC has kept passing the 130 mark for over a week now, making up the highest number of cases reported nationwide. Part of the cases are related to clusters the city has identified, but more than a few have only been detected after patients visited local hospitals for health examinations and a screening step later revealed they’d contracted the new coronavirus. Over the past two weeks, the city has been detecting new infections without clear sources of transmission every day. It means the virus has spread quietly in the community, according to the city’s Center for Disease Control. On Wednesday morning, of 51 cases confirmed in HCMC, 10 were detected after visiting local hospitals for their medical checkups. They are residents of districts of 8, 10, 4 and Thu Duc City. On Tuesday, as the city recorded 136 patients, nine were found in similar circumstances, having come on their own for health checks to local hospitals. The ratio was 137:19 last … [Read more...] about Transmission sources unknown for many HCMC Covid-19 patients

Additional 88 domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases reported Vietnam logged 97 new COVID-19 cases, including 88 domestic and nine imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on June 22, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said. Most of the new cases were detected in Ho Chi Minh City, with 63 infections, and the remainders were discovered in Bac Giang (12), Bac Ninh (6), Hung Yen (2), Nghe An (1) and Hanoi (1). By 6pm on June 22, the country had recorded a total of 12,010 domestically-transmitted infections and 1,717 imported cases. The number of locally-transmitted cases since the fourth COVID-19 wave hit Vietnam on April 27 amounted to 10,875, including 2,772 recoveries. According to the MoH’s Medical Service Administration, 5,546 patients have given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to date, while the death toll related to the disease was 69. Among active patients undergoing treatment, 377 have tested negative to the virus once, 132 twice and 141 thrice./. 12-hour … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES JUNE 22

Prior to the appearance of COVID-19 , Phuong Nam Truc Lam Zen Monastery would welcome more than 1,000 guests each day, who come to visit, make offerings, and pray. Since limitations on gatherings were introduced, however, the monastery has only hosted the 50 monks and nuns studying on the premises. There are currently 13 religions and 27 religious organisations with 387 establishments and about 100 places of concentrated religious activities in Can Tho city. Religious followers make up over 40% of the city’s population, totalling about 512,0000 people. Can Tho has not recorded any cases of community transmission of COVID-19, partly thanks to religions in the locality fully following pandemic prevention and control efforts./. VNA … [Read more...] about Religious organisations in Can Tho strengthen Covid-19 prevention efforts