Health workers take samples for Covid-19 testing
According to the ministry's report, 14 of the newly-confirmed patients aged between 15-72 are from the northern province of Bac Ninh's Thuan Thanh District. They all had come into close contact with some previously-announced Covid-19 patients in the area.
These patients are now being treated at the Bac Ninh Provincial General Hospital.
The other patient is a 14-year-old boy from Hanoi's Thuong Tin District. He is also related to a new virus outbreak in the area. The boy is now being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 3,152, including 1,746 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 am on May 8, a total of 2,560 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
On May 7, 54,130 more people were given Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, raising the total number of vaccinated people in the country to 800,000 who are mostly health workers and people participating in Covid-19 prevention activities.
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