As of 11.00 am on 17 May, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 4,720,197.

Viet Nam reported no new confirmed cases on Sunday morning, and the country has stopped community transmission of Covid-19 for 31 straight days, according to the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Among the 318 confirmed patients, 178 are imported and they were quarantined  after arrival in Viet Nam. Till date, 260 patients in total have recovered from the disease, and the rest are being treated at eight central and provincial-level healthcare facilities nationwide.

Thus far six people have been diagnosed with the disease in Da Nang, and all of them have been cleared of the virus.

   Designed by THANH HUYEN - Translated by MAI DUNG