Nearly 20,000 people in Nghe An have been vaccinated against Covid-19

According to a report from the Nghe An Department of Health, as of May 4, nearly 20,000 people in the province had been vaccinated against Covid-19. All vaccinations were safe and in stable health.

Meanwhile, as of the morning of May 4, about 540,000 people nationwide had been vaccinated with this vaccine.

To date, Nghe An has collected 44,667 samples for Covid-19 testing; of which 44,591 samples have negative results; 16 samples have positive results (of 4 patients, of which: 3 patients are being isolated and treated at the Southwest Regional General Hospital and 1 patient has recovered and been discharged from the hospital); 60 samples are awaiting results.

Currently, Nghe An is quarantining and monitoring the health of 829 cases, of which 661 cases are quarantined at home (151 cases voluntarily quarantined and monitored at home); 55 people are quarantined at the district level; 54 people are quarantined at the provincial level; 7 cases are quarantined at the hospital, all of whom are in stable health. In addition, Nghe An is also organizing quarantine for 52 foreign experts.

To date, nearly 20,000 people in Nghe An have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Regarding the domestic situation, the Ministry of Health's afternoon news on May 4 said that there were 11 more Covid-19 cases, including 1 domestic case in Da Nang, 10 imported cases were immediately quarantined. Thus, on May 4, the whole country recorded only 3 cases of community infection.

Regarding the community infection case (Patient 2989) recorded in Da Nang city: Female patient, 25 years old, address in Long My district, Hau Giang province; working in Hai Chau district, Da Nang city since April 30, 2021. The patient is F1 of Patient 2982. Test results confirmed on May 4, 2021 positive for SARS-CoV-2. The patient is currently isolated and treated at Da Nang Lung Hospital.

Thus, Vietnam has a total of 1,608 Covid-19 cases due to domestic infection, of which the number of new cases from April 27 to now is 38.

The chain of community infections in Ha Nam since April 29 includes 20 cases related to patients returning from Japan, spreading to 4 provinces and cities: Ha Nam, Hanoi, Hung Yen, and Ho Chi Minh City.

The chain of community infections related to the group of Chinese experts since April 2 includes 14 people in Vinh Phuc and one person in Hanoi. In addition, the source of infection in Da Nang is unknown. To date, more than 550,000 people nationwide have been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Vietnam's Ministry of Health warns that the risk of infection from outside the country is very high if the border is not strictly controlled. People are advised to strictly follow the 5K rule.

From 0:00 on May 4, people who have completed 14 days of centralized quarantine and tested negative twice will not be allowed to leave the quarantine area. This decision was made by the Ministry of Health after a number of cases recently completed centralized quarantine and were still recorded as positive for nCoV, causing the epidemic to spread in the community. The Ministry of Health requested the Centers for Disease Control/Preventive Medicine Centers of provinces and cities to implement this decision until a new announcement from the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Those who have just left the quarantine area will still be subject to the same regulations, that is, self-monitoring at home and under the management of local authorities.

To date, the world has recorded more than 154 million cases of Covid-19, of which more than 3.2 million people have died. The United States is in first place in terms of the number of cases, followed by India and Brazil. In the past 12 hours, the number of cases in the world increased by 100,035, and the number of deaths increased by 2,463. In Southeast Asia, the Philippines increased by 5,683 cases, Malaysia increased by 3,120 cases, Thailand increased by 1,763 cases, Cambodia increased by 938 cases, Laos increased by 60 cases, and Singapore increased by 17 cases.