Vietnam is yet to declare an end to COVID-19 disease
VOV.VN - The government of Vietnam has decided to cut short the average incubation period and the time when no additional cases of infectious diseases are detected as a basis for declaring an end to infectious diseases, including COVID-19 in Vietnam.
Under a decision recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, the average incubation period for infectious diseases like COVID-19 is four days and the time when no new cases are detected is eight days, instead of 14 days and 28 days as seen in the past.
COVID-19 has been downgraded from Group A to Group B of infectious diseases that are rapidly transmissible and potentially lethal, including adenovirus, AIDS, tuberculosis, mumps, malaria, measles, smallpox, typhus, rubella, and Zika.
The reclassification is based on the actual situation of the pandemic in Vietnam, along with recommendations given by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam has recorded more than 11.6 million COVID-19 infections, including over 43,000 deaths. Approximately 10.6 million people have recovered from the disease. More than 266.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered nationwide.
Currently, the hospitalisation rate of vaccinated patients due to COVID-19 is lower than that of some group B infectious diseases, whilst the rate of severe cases is equal to or lower than that of several group B infectious diseases such as dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease.
