As of 4.30 pm on 20 May, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 5,002,454.

Viet Nam has stopped community transmission of COVID-19 for 34 straight days, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. As of May 20 morning, the country has remained unchanged in its case numbers at 324. In total, 184 of those confirmed cases were classed as "imported" which were quarantined after arrival in Viet Nam. Till date, 264 Covid-19 patients in Viet Nam have been given the all-clear.

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