Vietnam sees seven more coronavirus patients fully recovered and discharged

Seven more patients with COVID-19 in Vietnam have fully recovered and discharged from the hospitals on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 223 and active cases down to 45

All of the recovered patients are Vietnamese nationals, including Patient 184, Patient 215, Patient 216, Patient 227, Patient 246, Patient 266 in Hanoi and another patient in Tay Ninh province.

They will continue to be isolated and monitored for the next 14 days, according to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

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As of April 22, Vietnam recorded a total of 268 cases of COVID-19, of which 160 people returned from abroad (59.7 per cent) and 108 people were infected in the community (40.3 per cent).

The total number of people in close contact and entry from epidemic areas under health monitoring and isolation is 67,022, of which 358 are in concentrated isolation in hospitals, 18,263 isolated at other isolation facilities; and 48,401 isolated at home or place of residence.

Life will be back to normal, but not for all cities

HCMC, Vietnam

During a meeting held on the morning of April 22, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control gathered the opinions of ministries and localities to place provinces and cities into three risk categories in order to detail how to continue implementing anti-epidemic measures in the near future.

The high-risk group represents localities that have had cases within their community over the past 14 days. Meanwhile, the risk group covers local cases having infected cases within the community over the past 15 to 28 days, whilst the low-risk group is localities that have had no positive cases reported within their community for 28 days or more. The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported.

As a result, Hanoi has been placed in the high-risk group, Ho Chi Minh City, Bac Ninh, and Ha Giang are in the risk group, whilst the remaining localities are in the low-risk group.

For low-risk groups, shops trading non-essential goods and services will be permitted to operate, although they should take measures to prevent and control the epidemics for buyers, this includes requiring customers to perform social distancing. Shop owners will also be responsible for epidemic prevention measures within their own facilities.

— VNS/ VOV