Vietnam reports one new imported COVID-19 cases on July 11 morning
A Serbian man who came to Vietnam as an expert to work at industrial steel manufacturing company, the Hoa Phat Corporation, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) that causes COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 370.
Samples are taken for people in a quarantine centre. Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - A Serbian man who came to Vietnam as an expert to work atindustrial steel manufacturing company, the Hoa Phat Corporation, has testedpositive for the novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) that causes COVID-19, bringingthe total number of cases to 370.
According to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention andControl, he arrived in the country on July 9 at Da Nang International Airportonboard a flight from Oman and was immediately quarantined upon arrival.
His samples were taken the same day and the result turned out as positive thenext day. The 29-year-old patient is being treated at a quarantine centre at Dung Quat IndustrialZone in Quang Ngai province.
Among the confirmed cases, 230 were imported and quarantined immediately afterarrival.
Up to 350 patients have recovered from the disease, and there are no deaths.
Of the active cases,two have tested negative for the virus once, and two others at least twice.
At present, 9,988 people having close contact with confirmed cases or comingfrom pandemic-hit areas are in quarantine, including six in hospitals, 9,509 inother quarantine sites, and 414 at home or accommodation facilities./.
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Samples are taken for people in a quarantine centre. Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) 
