Bach Mai Hospital lifts quarantine
At exactly 0:00 on April 12, Hanoi officially lifted the quarantine order at Bach Mai Hospital after 14 days of lockdown due to the Covid-19 epidemic. All hospital staff are in stable health, no one tested positive for Covid-19.
Professor Nguyen Quang Tuan - Director of Bach Mai Hospital said that after the quarantine is lifted, the hospital will continue to operate as it was during the quarantine period until the end of April.
"The hospital needs 2 weeks after the quarantine to equip the entire system of technical means and machinery, ensuring that patients, patients' relatives, doctors and nurses can return to normal examination and treatment in early May," said Mr. Tuan.
According to plan, today there will be a bus carrying more than 300 patients and their relatives to the provinces and cities - Photo: Nam Tran
Also this morning, the Ministry of Health announced that there were no new Covid-19 patients in the past 12 hours. The total number of patients to date is 258, 144 have recovered and 12 more people have had 2 negative tests, meeting the criteria to be declared cured.
Singapore records nearly 200 new infections
Singapore's Ministry of Health recorded 191 new Covid-19 cases on April 11, bringing the total number of cases to 2,299. The death toll in the Southeast Asian island nation also increased to 8.
Singapore authorities said that on April 10 alone, the country issued 2,900 warnings and 40 fines related to individuals violating social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the disease in the country.
In Thailand, since the night curfew was imposed on April 3, more than 6,500 violations have been recorded. 5,264 people have been prosecuted for violating the emergency decree, of which up to 50% are people aged 20-35.
South Korea: Electronic bracelets for quarantine violators
In order to more effectively prevent the spread of the epidemic, the South Korean government announced on April 11 that it will attach electronic bracelets to people who violate self-isolation regulations, such as going out without notification and not answering phone calls.
For 6 consecutive days, South Korea recorded around 50 new cases, a sharp decrease compared to 909 new cases on February 29. To date, the total number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in this country is 10,512, with 214 deaths.
Saudi Arabia extends curfew
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has approved a decision to extend the curfew here until further notice.
Saudi Arabia's curfew comes into effect from March 23 and will be enforced from 7 p.m. the previous night to 6 a.m. the following morning.
India, Armenia continue blockade
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown for another two weeks. According to Reuters, the reason is that India's efforts to fight the epidemic are effective, and lifting the lockdown too soon will be in vain.
Armenia also extended its state of emergency for another 30 days. The country has closed educational institutions, halted all public transport and banned foreigners from entering the country.
Iran: Number of infections exceeds 70,000 people
Iran's Ministry of Health said on April 11 that the total number of deaths from the SARS-CoV-2 virus epidemic in the country had increased to 4,357, while 125 more deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours. Currently, the total number of new infections in Iran is 70,029.
US death toll surpasses 20,000
The number of Covid-19 deaths in the US on April 11 surpassed 20,000, making this country the country with the most deaths in the world.
The US death toll is now 20,466, and the number of infections has also increased to 529,343.
Reuters news agency reported that the US has recorded about 2,000 deaths per day in the past four days. Health experts warn that the number of Covid-19 deaths here could reach 200,000 by the summer if people do not seriously implement measures to limit the spread of the disease.
The US has declared a state of disaster in all states for the first time.
US President Donald Trump on April 11 approved a disaster declaration for the state of Wyoming amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 acute respiratory disease.
The move is President Trump's 55th disaster declaration due to the pandemic, making it the first time in history that the US has recorded a disaster in all states at the same time.
In another development, the Mayor of New York City said public schools will remain closed until the end of the school year. The city had previously closed public schools since March 16 to limit the spread of the virus and planned to reopen on April 20. However, the Mayor of New York said that schools cannot reopen because New York is the Covid-19 hotspot in the United States.
Brazil: Death toll surpasses 1,000
On April 11, the Brazilian Ministry of Health said the number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country had reached 1,056, an increase of 115 cases compared to the previous 24 hours, while the number of cases positive for the corona virus also increased by 1,781, bringing the total number of cases to 19,638.
Sao Paulo state continues to be the locality with the highest number of positive cases, followed by Rio de Janeiro and Ceara.
The Health Minister also warned that the peak of the epidemic in this South American country could come in late April or early May and will continue until at least September, while asking people to strictly comply with social distancing measures applied in each locality.
The death toll continues to rise in Europe
Italy is the country with the second highest number of deaths globally in the pandemic. The number of deaths from Covid-19 here increased by 619 on April 11, to 19,468 cases. The number of infections increased by 4,694 to 152,271 cases.
The French Ministry of Health announced on the same day that the number of deaths due to the epidemic had increased from 13,197 to 13,832 compared to the previous day. The number of infections in this country also increased by 4,785 to 129,654 cases.
The UK recorded 5,233 new cases and 917 deaths from Covid-19 on April 11. The total number of cases in the country now stands at 78,991 and the death toll is 9,875.
The British Prime Minister's Office said on April 11 that Mr. Boris Johnson is "recovering very well" after contracting Covid-19.
Canada reported 1,316 new coronavirus cases and 69 deaths on April 11, bringing the total number of cases in Canada to 22,559 and the number of deaths to 600.
Turkey recorded 5,138 new cases and 95 deaths from the disease. The country currently has 52,167 cases and 1,101 deaths.
Italy: Vaccine trial shows positive results
The first preclinical trials of five vaccines developed by the Italian company Takis "have given very encouraging initial results and have generated strong antibodies," said Takis director Luigi Aurisicchio.
According to Mr. Aurisicchio, all five vaccines are developed to block the main “weapon” that the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses to invade cells, which is the Spike protein. Of these five vaccines, two are currently showing positive results.
Spain records lowest death toll in 19 days
Spain's daily death toll continued to fall for the third consecutive day on April 11, with 510 new deaths recorded. This is also the lowest daily death toll recorded since March 23.
The total number of Covid-19 infections in Spain to date is 163,027 cases.
Europe steps up surveillance during Easter
Many European countries have increased monitoring of travel activities and called on people to comply with disease prevention measures during this Easter weekend (April 12).
In Switzerland, the government has called on people to respect travel regulations during the Easter holidays as the number of deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infection in the country has exceeded 1,000 and the total number of patients is nearly 25,000.
From the evening of April 10 to April 13, Lithuania imposed a travel ban between provinces, cities and towns to limit people from visiting relatives during the Easter holiday.
The Covid-19 pandemic also caused sales of chocolate products for Easter 2020 in Belgium to drop by up to 90%, when people in this country were ordered to limit leaving their homes, except to buy essential food or medicine.
Swedish airline and hotel staff will support hospitals
Airline and hotel staff are being retrained to do support work in hospitals in Sweden, as the country's Covid-19 death toll nears 900.
The initiative provides airline staff, largely from SAS Scandinavian Airlines (after the airline furloughed 10,000 staff in March), with quality training to help in hospitals and hotel staff working in nursing homes.
