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The vaccination campaign against COVID-19 around the world has initially been effective – Photo: REUTERS
The National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of the epidemic, COVID-19, reports on February 21 at 6 a.m., that no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported since last night until now.
Currently, the total number of COVID-19 cases in our country remains 2,368, of which 1,469 cases are infected in the country.
According to an analysis by the Ministry of Health, in the last week, the number of new cases has decreased steadily and almost no new cases have been registered in the morning. In Hai Duong, the number of new infections every day is also decreasing, February 20 being the lowest in almost a month (since January 27).
The outbreak in Hai Duong is considered the strongest outbreak in Vietnam since the beginning of 2020, when COVID-19 first appeared in Vietnam, with the highest average daily incidence and the largest number of patients. This epidemic also brought Vietnam’s position on the list of countries with registered COVID-19 cases to 172, while before the outbreak in Hai Duong it was 177.
So far, the tests have been expanded in all provinces, only Hai Duong has a relatively large number of people at risk (more than 32,000 people), the rest of the provinces have almost fully or fully tested.
According to the report of the Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for the prevention and control of COVID-19, so far our country has cured 1,627 patients from COVID-19.
Among COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in health facilities, the number of first-time negative cases with the SARS-CoV-2 virus: 69 cases; The number of second negative cases was 39 cases, the number of third negative cases was 55 cases.
Among the patients treated in medical centers, 82.5% did not present clinical manifestations; the number of mild clinical manifestations represented 14.7% and there are currently 19 cases of severe disease, severe prognosis and criticality.
From January 27 until now, 13 provinces and cities have had cases of COVID-19. In which, Hai Duong has 596 cases, Quang Ninh (60), Gia Lai (27), Hanoi (35), Bac Ninh (5), Bac Giang (2), Ho Chi Minh City (36), Hoa Binh ( 2), Ha Giang (1), Dien Bien (3), Binh Duong (6), Hai Phong (1), Hung Yen (2).
Meanwhile, the AFP news agency synthesized many sources saying that as of the afternoon of February 20, 201,042,149 doses of vaccine had been vaccinated in at least 107 countries and territories around the world, including the group. The rich G7 country represents only 10% of the world’s population, but accounts for 45% of all injections.
However, the above statistics do not include the latest data from China and Russia; The two countries stopped announcing the results of the COVID-19 vaccination programs since the last 10 days.
Israel currently leads the world in the percentage of people vaccinated, with 49% of the population receiving the first vaccine and up to 30% of the population receiving the first two vaccines.
On February 20, the Israeli Ministry of Health also confirmed that the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine was up to 95.8% effective after 2 injections were administered.
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