MAY 22: Vietnam’s Covid-19 cases surpass 5,000, PM calls for blood donation
The number of infections in the past three weeks is equal to that in the entire 2020.
The number of infections in the past three weeks is equal to that in the entire 2020.
Local health professionals said the Indian variant’s sublineages leave more patients severe.
The widespread transmission of the novel coronavirus has forced Bac Giang to suspend four industrial parks that house hundreds of foreign-invested firms.
Two of severe cases are on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
This has been the highest confirmed Covid-19 cases recorded in Vietnam since the beginning of the pandemic.
Most of the seriously ill patients were infected in the community and are linked to the Covid-19 outbreak in Danang.
The country has gone 41 consecutive days without community infection.
Leading health experts join daily online consultations to give Covid-19 patients proper treatment regime.