There have been no new cases of coronavirus reported in Vietnam for a whole week. 59 provinces have been classified as low-risk, and are preparing for students to return to schools.
Since the first case was detected three months ago, a total of 268 people have contracted coronavirus with 223 patients making a full recovery.
The latest person to be given the all-clear was a six-year-old-boy in Tay Ninh Province on Wednesday.
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Social distancing measures will be loosened in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from Thursday. Some nonessential services will be allowed to reopen.
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Ha Giang Province and Bac Ninh Province are also named in the medium risk group.
Another 59 provinces have been classified as low-risk, and are preparing for students to return to schools.
Tra Thi Thu and her students pose for a photo on Ngoc Linh Mountain in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam, September 5, 2019. Photo: Tuoi Tre
On Wednesday, Dong Van District in northern mountainous province of Ha Giang has been put under isolation following a 15-year-old ethnic minority girl – the 268th patient – testing positive to the coronavirus.
The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Control and Prevention on Wednesday said the border province had complicated epidemiological history and risks of community transmission.
— VNS
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