Viet Nam reported no new confirmed cases from 6pm on May 27 to 6am on May 28, and there has been no community transmission of the disease in the country for 42 consecutive days since April 16.

Nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens were brought home from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and they were quarantined on arrival on May 27 (Photo: VNA).

According to  the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, the country has remained unchanged in its case numbers at 327, In total, 187 of those confirmed cases were classed as "imported" which were quarantined after arrival in Viet Nam.

As of Thursday morning, 278 patients have recovered from the disease, accounting for 85 percent of the total confirmed cases in Viet Nam, and there has been no death.

The remainder are receiving treatment at nine national and provincial medial facilities across the country, with six testing negative for the virus once, and 17 negative at least twice.

Overall, 8,869 people nationwide who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or returned from pandemic-hit areas are under health monitoring, of whom 49 were quarantined at hospitals, 7,008 at other concentrated facilities and 1,812 at home.

The most critically ill COVID-19 patient in Vietnam – a British pilot, known as Patient No. 91, who is being treated at Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital, is now able to make basic communication with doctors after his dosage of sedatives was reduced on May 27 evening.

His coughing has improved and he can move his fingers and toes, although breathing and limb weakness remain issues, said doctors from the hospitals.

His lung functions have improved though not much./.

Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today