Vietnam stays clear of coronavirus community transmission for 48 days
Vietnam has no new COVID-19 cases to report on June 3 morning, and this is also the 48th straight day since April 16 morning without locally-infected cases in the country, the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control said.
A health worker tends to Patient 91 at the Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City. The patient, the most severe case so far, has shown much improvement (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has no new COVID-19 cases toreport on June 3 morning, and this is also the 48th straight day since April 16morning without locally-infected cases in the country, the national steeringcommittee for COVID-19 prevention and control said.
Up to 188 of the 328 confirmed infections so farwere imported and quarantined upon their arrival.
Meanwhile, 298 or almost 91 percent of allpatients have recovered from the coronavirus disease.
The 30 remainders are undergoing treatment inhospitals nationwide and basically in stable condition. Among them, five havetested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, once and fiveothers at least twice.
There are 8,169 people in quarantine at present,including 103 in hospitals, 7,104 in other quarantine facilities, and 962 athome.
Regarding the most severe case – Patient 91, aBritish man treated at the Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, his health hasshown much improvement, the treatment sub-committee said, noting that he hasgained full consciousness and been able to respond to all instructions byhealth workers./.
In his blog published on the World Bank website in late May, Jacques Morisset, World Bank Lead Economist and Program Leader for Vietnam, has called the country ‘a bright star in the COVID-19 dark sky’.
The International Health Quarantine Centre of Ho Chi Minh City on June 1 said it has detected a Vietnamese woman with an illegal entry who had a fever.
The HCM City Department of Health has assigned nine local hospitals to take care of patients in need of healthcare during their period of quarantine, in order to ensure regulations regarding COVID-19 prevention and control are met.
Five more COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear on June 2, bringing Vietnam’s total recoveries to 298, according to the treatment subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Vietnam on June 2, the 47th straight day without community infections, while the number of patients that have recovered stood at 91 percent on the afternoon of the same day, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said.
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All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
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Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
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.
A health worker tends to Patient 91 at the Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City. The patient, the most severe case so far, has shown much improvement (Photo: VNA) 
