Covid 19 outbreak

Covid-19 patient with pulmonary tuberculosis dies in southern Vietnam

June 18, 2021 by e.vnexpress.net

The Health Ministry announced Friday that she died of pneumonia caused by Covid-19, complications of respiratory failure, septic shock on a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), hypertension, and diabetes.

A resident in Chau Thanh District in An Giang, she had suffered pulmonary TB and type 2 diabetes for more than 10 years.

She returned to Vietnam from Cambodia on June 2 at the Moc Bai International Border Gate in southern Tay Ninh Province and was sent to centralized quaratine camps as per Covid-19 prevention protocols.

Later she tested postive for the new coronavirus while in quarantine and was treated at a healthcare facility in Tay Ninh.

Her conditions developed worse and she had to rely on a ventilator on June 11.

She died on June 14.

Hers is the 27th death recorded in the fourth wave of Covid-19 in Vietnam, which broke out on April 27, and the nation’s 62nd coronavirus fatality.

For the ongoing wave, 9,114 infections have been recorded in 41 localities of Vietnam.

Hanoi recommends COVID-19 response measures

May 14, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

An apartment building in Ha Dong district is quarantined after a resident tested positive to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has recently recommended the Government direct competent ministries and sectors to timely issue guidance on meting out punishment to violations of COVID-19 prevention rules in the capital city amidst the new COVID-19 resurgence.

In its latest report on COVID-19 control work sent to the Prime Minister on May 13, the city also suggested tight management of passenger and goods transport vehicles from other provinces to the city as the pandemic has become more complicated.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) should direct hospitals to provide localities with a list of positive cases found in the hospitals along with detailed information on the patients so that the local authorities can trace the suspected COVID-19 cases in a timely fashion.

Hanoi also urged neighbouring provinces to inspect the implementation of pandemic prevention measures at industrial parks and processing zones in line with the MoH’s instruction, and reduce labourer movement between localities.

The city suggested that localities adjacent to Hanoi compile and keep updated lists of workers and experts at the industrial and processing areas who are living in other localities including Hanoi, and share the information with Hanoi , along with information of the vehicles and transport businesses who sign contract to transport those labourers and experts.

Hanoi has logged 62 locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the latest outbreak on April 29.

It has suspended the operations of a number of non-essential establishments, including sidewalk eateries, karaoke parlours, bars, cinemas, gyms, spas and stadium. Most recently, the city decided to close all sport events, golf courses and training facilities in response to the new COVID-19 outbreak./.

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Vietnam confirms 59 new local Covid-19 cases

June 18, 2021 by e.vnexpress.net

Of the new cases, 30 were recorded in HCMC, 19 in Bac Giang, six in Bac Ninh, three in Ha Tinh and one in Hoa Binh.

All the cases in the northern provinces of Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Hoa Binh are associated with current outbreaks in the industrial parks there. The cases in HCMC and Ha Tinh are related to the previously confirmed Covid-19 patients.

Vietnam recorded 259 community transmissions in total Friday. Eighty discharges the same day raised the total number of recoveries to 4,733.

Of the 9,173 domestic cases recorded in 41 localities in the latest Covid-19 wave, Bac Giang, neighboring Bac Ninh and HCMC account for 5,083, 1,470 and 1,346, respectively.

Vietnam confirms 62 more Covid-19 patients, Firday tally rises to 264

June 18, 2021 by dtinews.vn

An additional 62 more Covid-19 infections has been recorded in Vietnam as of Friday evening, raising the daily counts to 264 and the total number of patients in the country to 12,414, the Ministry of Health has reported.

According to the ministry’s report, 59 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 19 in Bac Giang, 30 in Ho Chi Minh City, six in Bac Ninh, three in Ha Tinh, and one in Hoa Binh.

The 19 cases in Bac Giang were recorded at some local industrial parks which have reported a large outbreak over the last few weeks.

As of Friday evening, 9,172 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27, including 5,083 in the virus epicentre of Bac Giang. The outbreak has so far spread to 40 cities and provinces nationwide.

Three imported patients are all Vietnamese people who recently returned from Cambodia and Japan. They were sent to quarantine areas in Tay Ninh and Quang Nam provinces upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 12,414 including 10,742 locally-transmitted cases.

As of 6 pm on June 18, a total of 4,733 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far there have been 62 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, over 170,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

On June 17, an additional 200,263 people were given Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, raising the total number of vaccine doses used in the country to 1,991,059. The number of people who have received two doses has risen to 89,833.

Vietnam records 60 new COVID-19 cases on May 14 afternoon

May 14, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

Taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 60 new COVID-19 cases, including 59 domestic infections, over the last six hours to 6:00pm on May 14, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Of the new cases, two were detected in the Vietnam’s National Cancer Hospital’s Tan Trieu facility and one in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ Dong Anh facility, 33 in Bac Ninh, 12 in Hanoi, six in Bac Giang, three, in Da Nang, one each in Thai Binh and Dien Bien. All the patients were recorded in quarantine facilities or in sealed off area s.

One imported case was quarantined upon arrival in south-central Khanh Hoa province.

Vietnam has documented 2,357 domestically-transmitted infections , and 1,459 imported cases so far. As many as 787 new cases were recorded since the latest outbreak hit the nation on April 27.

There are currently 83,415 people under quarantine nationwide.

According to the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Department, the country has seen 2,657 recoveries.

Among the COVID-19 patients, 49 have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 25 twice, and 18 thrice./.

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Vietnam reports 37th death related to COVID-19

May 17, 2021 by en.vietnamplus.vn

At the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam on May 17 confirmed its 37th death related to the COVID-19 pandemic, who had suffered from underlying health conditions .

According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s Treatment Sub-committee, the 34-year-old male patient was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on April 24.

Doctors said he died of severe pneumonia due to COVID-19, brain injury caused by an earlier traffic accident, and meningitis on May 16 evening.

Vietnam recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 domestic transmission, all in quarantine sites or sealed-off areas, in the 12 hours as of 6am on May 17, raising the national count to 4,212, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.

Twenty-two of the new cases were reported in Bac Giang province, 11 in nearby Bac Ninh province, three in Vinh Phuc province, and one in Tuyen Quang province. There are no new hotbeds.

So far, Vietnam has seen 2,746 domestic infections and 1,466 imported ones. The number of COVID-19 cases since April 27, when the new outbreak began, now stands at 1,176.

Among those still under treatment, 46 have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 26 others twice, and 28 thrice.

There are 108,288 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from foreign pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present.

Meanwhile, 979,238 people had been inoculated against COVID-19 as of 4pm on May 16, with 22,561 getting two shots, according to the MoH./.

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