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No new community COVID-19 infections reported in Vietnam for 34 days

Vietnam has gone 34 straight days without new COVID-19 infection cases in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

As of May 20 morning, the total infections in the country remained at 324, including 184 imported cases that had been quarantined upon their arrival.

More than 80 percent of the patients have recovered, and zero death has been reported, said the committee’s treatment subcommittee.

The most serious case is patient No.91 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 five times.

Meanwhile, 60 positive cases are being treated at medical facilities across the country.

At present, 7,954 people having contact with patients or entering from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined for health monitoring, including 331 at hospitals, 5,187 at concentrated quarantine centres, and 2,427 at home./
VNA/VNP

Top leaders of Vietnam and Laos hold talks in Vientiane

Top leaders of Vietnam and Laos hold talks in Vientiane

General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the CPV always regards the successes of the Party, State and people of Laos as a shared joy, consistently places strong trust in and supports Laos’s cause of national construction and development. The CPV stands ready to work closely with the LPRP to further deepen the great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation, and strategic cohesion between Vietnam and Laos, he said, considering this relationship an invaluable asset, a rule of development, and a key factor ensuring the success of each country’s revolutionary cause today and in the future.

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