People who have finished their quarantine period receive final temperature check before returning home (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 28 new
COVID-19 cases in the 12 hours as of 6pm on January 30, including one imported
case and 27 locally infected ones linked with the hotbed in northern Hai Duong
province.
The imported case is a 47-year-old man of the US
nationality who transited the Republic of Korea before arriving at Tan Son Nhat
International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on January 28, said the National
Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The southern city also saw one case of . The
man, 28, from Hai Duong, used to meet Patient 1612 in the hotbed in this
province’s Chi Linh city.
Two other domestic infections are in the Central
Highlands province of Gia Lai. They are husband and wife living in Ayun Pa town
and also relating to Patient 1612.
In Hanoi, two new cases are men, 40 and 34 years old,
who used to have close contact with Patient 1584 and 1694, respectively.
Northern Quang Ninh province also recorded four more
infections, all of whom previously met a previously confirmed case in Chi Linh
city.
Another 18 new cases are in Hai Duong province.
The COVID-19 tally in Vietnam currently stands at 1,767, including 901 local infections with 208
reported since January 27.
As many as 1,456 patients have recovered, including eight
on January 30, while the number of fatalities remains unchanged, at 35.
There are 21,857 people having close contact with confirmed
cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present.
Six of those still under treatment have tested negative for
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, once, four others twice, and three
thrice.
Also on January 30, the Quang Ninh People’s Committee decided to set up the third hospital for treating patients and quarantining suspected cases. This 250-bed facility is based at the Ha Long General Hospital in Ha Long city./.
Source: VietnamPlus
