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Vietnam has no new COVID-19 to report on August 23 morning

Vietnam has no new cases of COVID-19 to report on August 23 morning, leaving the national count at 1,014 as of 6am, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The tally included 672 locally-transmitted cases, with 532 ones recorded since July 25. By now 563 patients have been given the all-clear, and there have been 26 fatalities. Among the patients under treatment across the country, 40 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 49 negative twice and 41 negative three times. A total of 77,380 people who had close contacts with patients or came from pandemic-affected areas are being quarantined. VNA/VNP

Image of President Ho Chi Minh appears on ballots at Uruguay Communist Party congress

Image of President Ho Chi Minh appears on ballots at Uruguay Communist Party congress

Among the ballots used at the congress were three featuring posters of President Ho Chi Minh and one bearing an image depicting the Vietnamese people engaged in production during the period of resistance against foreign aggression. The latter also carried the inscriptions “80th Anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day” and “33rd National Congress of the PCU".

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