Additional 57 local COVID-19 cases recorded in Vietnam
Vietnam detected 60 new cases of COVID-19 over the past six hours to 6pm on June 9, including 57 domestically-transmitted infections and three imported cases that were quarantined right upon their arrival.
A medic collecting samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam detected 60 new cases of COVID-19 over the pastsix hours to 6pm on June 9, including 57 domestically-transmitted infectionsand three imported cases that were quarantined right upon their arrival.
Among the domestic cases, 20 were recorded in Ho Chi Minh City, 19 in Bac Giangprovince, 12 in Bac Ninh province, four in Hanoi, one in Lang Son province andone at the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (Hospital K) in Tan Trieu commune,Hanoi’s outlying district of Thanh Tri.
The latest cases brought the daily count on June 9 to 407, including 26imported and 381 domestic cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
Of the local infections, 370 were found in quarantine facilities or locked-downareas.
As of 6pm on the day, the domestic tally stood at 7,954, of which 6,384 wererecorded since the new wave started on April 27.
Sixteen provinces that were hit by the pandemic have gone through 14 dayswithout new infections.
Meanwhile, 87 patients were given the all-clear on the day, raising the numberof recoveries to 3,636. Fatalities related to COVID-19 reach 55.
Among the active patients, 224 have tested negative for the coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 once, 75 twice and 72 thrice./.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long proposed that Australia, France, and Switzerland create the conditions needed for Vietnam to access more COVID-19 vaccine sources during separate meetings with the countries’ ambassadors in Hanoi on June 8.
Vietnam is accelerating efforts to secure adequate vaccine supplies amidst a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the country, said Dr Le Hong Hiep, a Senior Fellow at Singapore-based ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, in a commentary published on fulcrum.sg on June 8.
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After more than three weeks of intensive treatment, the patient's pneumonia improved, breathing stabilised, sedation was reduced, and the breathing tube was removed. He is now conscious, able to eat orally, and in recovery.
A medic collecting samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA) 
