Hanoi: A chain without autochthonous infections with Covid-19 that today reached 44 days, reveals the effectiveness of the prevention and control measures adopted by Vietnam to stop the pandemic, Prensa Latina publishes.
Since the entry of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the cause of the disease, at the beginning of the year, the country reports 1,124 patients, but the 71 cases detected since September 2 are repatriated Vietnamese or diplomats and foreign specialists authorized to return by be indispensable to different economic projects.
Of that total, 1 thousand 30 have recovered, almost 92 percent. Among those still hospitalized, none are in danger of death and 25 tested negative for at least one test for the pathogen.
Meanwhile, the death toll has remained at 35 for 43 days. The vast majority of the deceased were elderly and suffering from serious pathologies that prevented their salvation.
At this time, more than 13,300 people are quarantined in hospitals, specialized centers or at home.
Without neglecting certain preventive measures, such as the use of masks in public places, Vietnam is focused on reviving the economy and plans for it to grow between 2.5 and three percent in the year. From January to September it did so at 2.12 percent, a level that few nations in the world reached.