As of 10.00 am on 9 May, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 4,012,769.

Viet Nam reported no new Covid-19 cases on May 9 morning, marking 23 straight days with no cases of community transmitted Covid-19, said the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. The total number of confirmed cases remained at 288, including 148 imported ones who were put into quarantine for 2 weeks after arrival in Viet Nam. To date, 241 patients have been successfully cured, accounting for 84 percent of the total.

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