Viet Nam recorded eight local COVID-19 infections in the past 12 hours to 6am on May 6, raising the total tally to 3,030 with 1,616 locally-transmitted cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

All the domestically-transmitted infections were patients at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi’s Dong Anh district. 

So far, 64 cases were detected since the latest outbreak hit the country on April 27.

According to the MoH’s Medical Service Administration, a total of 2,560 patients were given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while the death toll remained at 35.

The MoH’s Medical Service Administration asked the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi’s Dong Anh district to take drastic measures to prevent transmissions among its staff after 14 of its members tested positive to the virus and the establishment was put under lockdown on May 5.

The hospital was requested to devise plans to maintain its medical checkup and treatment for patients who are currently quarantined and treated at the facility.

The same day, the MoH decided to extend the compulsory concentrated quarantine period to 21 days instead of 14 days.  

Up to 90,417 people got their first jabs of COVID-19 vaccine on May 5, bringing the total number of vaccinated people to 675,956.