Nearly 10,000 suspected cases of COVID-19 have been excluded

March 27, 2020 - 13:53

Nearly 10,000 suspected cases of COVID-19 have been excluded after they finished their quarantine and showed no signs of COVID-19 symptoms, the Ministry of Health’s infectious disease surveillance system has revealed.

Staff from the University of Labor and Social Affairs in Hà Nội's Sơn Tây Town clean the dormitory to serve quarantine work. — VNA/VNS Photo Anh Tuấn

HÀ NỘI — Nearly 10,000 suspected cases of COVID-19 have been excluded after they finished their quarantine and showed no signs of COVID-19 symptoms, the Ministry of Health’s infectious disease surveillance system has revealed.

Currently, 1,729 cases are still under quarantine. Of that, 122 were new cases found from March 26.

A total of 57,104 people who reportedly returned from epidemic-hit areas have been quarantined.

Of that, 1,678 have been quarantined at hospitals; 26,962 at other facilities and 28,464 at home.

The total number of samples tested for COVID-19 was more than 31,810. Of that, 153 samples were positive.

By Friday, the country recorded 153 cases of COVID-19, of which 17 have been treated and released. — VNS

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