24 new imported COVID-19 cases confirmed, tally at 312
Twenty four people returning to Vietnam on a flight from Russia have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, raising the total to 312, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported on May 15 morning.
The flight carrying 345 people back home from Moscow (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Twenty four peoplereturning to Vietnam on a flight from Russia have tested positive for the novelcoronavirus, raising the total to 312, the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control reported on May 15 morning.
However, local health authorities have confirmed there is no likelihood ofcommunity transmission from the latest patients as they were all quarantined after the flight touched down at Van Don InternationalAirport in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
There have been no community transmissionsof the virus for 29 days and no deaths.
The new cases, aged between 24 and 47,include one woman and 23 men. One is being treated at the Hospital No2 of QuangNinh and the rest are at Thai Binh province General Hospital.
The flight from Moscow landed on May 13 andwas carrying mostly children under the age of 18, students, the elderly, sickpeople, tourists and people whose visas had expired but could not leave thecountry.
The 345 repatriated citizens as well as thecrew from the Vietnam Airline flight were all immediately quarantined.
The country’s total recovered cases nowstand at 260 after eight patients with COVID-19 were declared to have recoveredon May 14 afternoon.
Of the 52 active cases including 24 newcases, five patients have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 once and othernine tested negative for the virus more than twice.
As many as 12,236 people are underquarantine including 353 quarantined at hospitals, 8,492 at concentratedquarantine areas and 3,391 at home. They either returned from abroad or cameinto close contact with confirmed cases./.
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The flight carrying 345 people back home from Moscow (Source: VNA) 
