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.

Health workers test samples for novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Photo: VNA)

Among the 318 confirmed patients, 178 are imported and they were quarantined  after arrival in Viet Nam.

Meanwhile, 9,161 people are currently kept in quarantine, including 302 at hospitals, 7,179 at other facilities, and 1,680 at home, throughout the country.

Till date, 260 patients in total have recovered from the disease, and the rest are being treated at eight central and provincial-level healthcare establishments nationwide.

Four of those still under treatment have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, once and 12 others negative at least twice.

Patient No. 91, a British man and also the most severe case at present, is receiving treatment at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases. He is still in critical condition but has shown certain improvement. He has tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 for five consecutive times, the treatment sub-committee said.

Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today