As of 4.30 pm on 26 May, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 5,582,381.

Viet Nam's National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on Monday evening announced one more imported Covid-19 case, bringing the country's overall tally to 326. The 20-year-old female student who flew home from France on May 24 is the latest case of coronavirus (Covid-19) in Viet Nam, and she was quarantined immediately after arriving at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport. In total, 186 of those confirmed cases were classed as "imported" which were quarantined after entering the country. Viet Nam has stopped community transmission of Covid-19 for 39 consecutive days. Overall, 272  have given all-clear from the disease with zero death till date.

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