Vietnam reports 1,716 new Covid-19 cases as total infections now has gone above 10.7 million on Thursday (May 19)


Medical staff administer doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine to youths between the age of 12 and 17 in Hanoi. - AFP

HANOI, May 19 (Xinhua): Vietnam recorded 1,716 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, down by 115 from Wednesday, according to its Ministry of Health.

Among the new infections, one was an imported case and the rest were domestically transmitted cases reported in 48 provinces and cities.

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