Vietnam detects 86 new COVID-19 cases in six hours
Eighty-six new cases of COVID-19, including one imported and 85 domestic infections, were documented over the last six hours to 12:00pm on May 18, according to the Ministry of Health.
Medical worker takes a sample for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Eighty-six new cases of COVID-19,including one imported and 85 domestic infections, were documented over thelast six hours to 12:00pm on May 18, according to the Ministry of Health.
The imported case was a 67-year-old man from the Republicof Korea arriving in the south-central province of Binh Dinh on May 16. He was immediatelyput under quarantine in central Da Nang city upon his arrival.
The domestic cases include 63 in Bac Giang, six in Hanoi,four in Dien Bien, three in Bac Ninh, three in Hai Duong, two in Da Nang andone each in the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital’s Tan Trieu facility, HaiPhong, Hung Yen and Ha Nam. All were detected in quarantine sites and locked-downareas.
No new outbreak was reported.
So far, the national tally reached 4,464 COVID-19 cases,with the number of local infections since the fourth COVID-19 wave hit Vietnamon April 27 totalling 1,424.
The death toll remained at 37. The recoveries now standat 2,668./.
The Ministry of Health recommends people to adhere to 5K (in Vietnamese) rules: Khau trang (facemask), Khu khuan (disinfection), Khoang cach (distance), Khong tu tap (no gathering) and Khai bao y te (health declaration) to safely coexist with the COVID-19 pandemic in ‘new normal’ state.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged the entire political system and people to take a more swift and drastic approach to driving back COVID-19 pandemic because it could spread anytime if guard is let down.
The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has decided to donate 1.5 billion VND (64,944 USD) in support of COVID-19 prevention and control in Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Da Nang, which have borne the brunt of the latest wave of the pandemic since late April.
Vietnam documented 19 COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours as of 6:00 am on May 18, all of which were recorded in quarantine sites, according to the Ministry of Health.
Nearly 3 trillion VND (130.16 million USD) sourced from the State budget has been disbursed for COVID-19 control and prevention since the start of the year.
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The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Medical worker takes a sample for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA) 
