Four new imported COVID-19 patients reported on May 18
Vietnam recorded four more COVID-19 cases among Vietnamese people returning from abroad, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 18.
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamrecorded four more COVID-19 cases among Vietnamese people returning from abroad, theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 18.
Accordingly, among thepatients are the two flight attendants on arepatriation flight from Russia, which landed in the Van Don Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh onMay 13.
Meanwhile, the twoothers were repatriated citizens on a similar flight from the US to the Noi Bai InternationalAirport in Hanoi on May 16.
The new imported cases brought the totalnumber of COVID-19 cases in the country to 324. The patients, along with all passengers on the flight, were immediately quarantined upon arrival.
The country has gone 32 days without anyinfections in community since April 16.
So far, 263 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam have been given the all-clear. Among 61patients still receiving treatment, two have tested n🐼egative for SARS-CoV-2once, and seven negative at least twice./.
Vietnam reported one new imported COVID-19 case on May 15 afternoon, raising the tally of infections to 313, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Four more new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on May 16 among Vietnamese returning from abroad, taking the total number of cases to 318 as of 6 pm May 16.
Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed on May 17 evening are Vietnamese people returning from Russia, and they have been quarantined upon their arrival, said the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control.
No new COVID-19 cases were recorded overnight, keeping the infection number in Vietnam at 320 since May 17 evening, the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control said on May 18 morning.
The international community has attributed Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in taking on COVID-19 to the close cooperation between the country’s Government and its people.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
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