The new patients were recorded in five northern provinces of Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, Thai Binh and Dien Bien.

Of 11 cases in Bac Giang, 10 are associated with the cluster at Quang Chau and Van Trung industrial parks, of which operation has been suspended since Monday. The other patient was detected in an affected area that has been isolated.

A medic in HCMC puts samples collected for the new coronavirus test in a tube, May 13, 2021.

In Hai Duong, four cases are all linked to previously confirmed Covid-19 patients.

Three cases in Bac Ninh, one in Thai Binh and one in Dien Bien are also people related to Covid-19 patients.

Since the new wave of Covid-19 emerged in Vietnam on April 27, the nation has recorded 1,913 cases in 30 cities and provinces.

Neighboring provinces Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, home to major foreign manufacturing plants, now have the largest number of infections, at 778 and 394.

So far, Vietnam has registered 4,961 cases and 3,482 are locally-transmitted cases.

Of the patients, 2,689 have recovered and 41 have died, including six in the new wave.

"Triple" tasks from Covid-19 epicenter of Viet Yen

(BGO) - In the "Covid-19 epicenter" of Viet Yen district (Bac Giang province), at this time, agencies and units are focusing highly on performing the "triple" tasks: ensuring the safety of the general elections, preventing and controlling Covid-19, and taking care of the lives of people and workers in quarantined and locked down areas.

3.2 million USD donated to Bac Giang province for Covid-19 fight

(BGO) – On May 19,  Lieutenant General Duong Dinh Thong, Political Commissar of Military Zone 1 handed over 500 million VND (21,600 USD) to Bac Giang province for local task of Covid-19 prevention and control. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee (PPC) Duong Van Thai and leader of the provincial Fatherland Front Committee (FFC) received the donation.

Covid patient with liver cancer dies in Hanoi

A 64-year-old woman who contracted the new coronavirus when being hospitalized with liver cancer in Hanoi has died, becoming Vietnam’s 38th Covid-19 death.

Military set up two Covid-19 treatment hospitals in Bac Giang, Bac Ninh

The military are urgently setting up two temporary hospitals to provide care for Covid-19 patients in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, which are the two provinces affected the worst by the current Covid-19 resurgence in Vietnam, on May 19 afternoon.

31 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday morning, including 30 local cases

Việt Nam reported 31 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday morning, including 30 local cases: Bắc Ninh (16), Bắc Giang(10), Lạng Sơn (3), HCM City (1). All are in locked down areas.

Source: VnExpress