For the eighth day in a row, there have been no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Vietnam
The last person to test positive for coronavirus was a teenage girl on April 16 in Hà Giang Province.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on Friday morning, the total number of confirmed patients in Vietnam remains at 268. Vietnam News reported
Of those, 224 people have been successfully treated, accounting for 84 per cent.
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Only 44 people with the virus remain in care at seven medical facilities across the country.
Two of those patients have tested negative twice for the novel strain of the coronavirus.
Fifteen others have returned negative results in their first tests, including the Hà Giang patient who is being treated at Đồng Văn District’s General Hospital
She remains in a stable condition and has showed no signs of fever, coughing or breathing difficulties, Sấn Văn Cương, director of the hospital said.
Six people who came into direct contact with her have also tested negative.
There have been no deaths from the virus since the first positive case was reported on January 23.
Currently, 68,890 people are quarantined in the country, with 352 isolated in hospitals.
The country has started lifting the movement restrictions imposed on citizens to contain the coronavirus lockdown, way ahead of most of southeast Asia.
Prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a statement on Wednesday that no provinces were considered “highly prone” to the pandemic, but some non-essential businesses will remain closed.
However, some parts of Hanoi will remain under lockdown until 30 April as they are still designated as high-risk areas, reported the Asia Insiders.
Mr Nguyen also urged people to continue practicing social distancing measures by wearing masks, keeping their distance from others and avoiding crowds. The wearing of face masks, which were made mandatory in crowded place such as in supermarkets and public transport, must also be enforced.
The government implemented strict social distancing rules on 1 April, banning gatherings of more than two people and quarantining hundreds of thousands of people to stop the spread of the virus.
It is preparing to quarantine thousands more people as workers from around the world, majority from China, return to their home country.
Domestic flights will be allowed to resume from Thursday and airlines can increase the frequency of service on key routes according to a plan drawn up by the aviation authority.