VOV.VN - Two more residents of Quang Nam province in central Vietnam have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, raising the country’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 672, the Ministry of Health reported on August 5 morning.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Heath on August 4 afternoon reported the detection of a further 18 new coronavirus infections, including 17 linked to central Da Nang city a major outbreak spot in Vietnam, and one returning from Equatorial Guinea.

VOV.VN - Recent days have seen an increasing number of Da Nang residents head to healthcare centres in wards around the city to fill out medical declarations and do rapid COVID-19 tests to ensure safety and curb spread of the epidemic in the community.

VOV.VN - As the country’s latest COVID-19 hotspot, Da Nang city is considering implementing a home quarantine on individuals in the event that the number of infections increases rapidly, said Huynh Duc Tho, head of the municipal administration.

VOV.VN - The health of 13 patients suffering from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has started to deteriorate, with 10 individuals being put on a ventilator, according to health authorities.

VOV.VN - A large number of mobile COVID-19 testing points have been rolled out in recent days across Da Nang in an effort to provide novel coronavirus (COVID-19) tests for local people in order to detect new cases in the community.

VOV.VN - All of the roads in Son Tra district in the central city of Da Nang were thoroughly cleaned and sterilised with disinfectant chemical on August 3 in an effort to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

VOV.VN - No additional novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have been reported at Da Nang Hospital, one of the three medical facilities that have emerged as hotspots in Da Nang, following the thorough deployment of a range of cleaning and disinfection.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has managed to test 70,689 residents who recently returned from Da Nang coronavirus hotspot, with all the tests coming back negative, said Nguyen Khac Hien, director of the Hanoi Health Department.

VOV.VN - A 62-year-old female patient and a 65-year-old male patient, both in Da Nang hostspot died of serious underlying health conditions and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing Vietnam’s death toll to eight.