Vietnam reports 12 new imported COVID-19 cases

The new patients included a
South African expert who transited in Doha, Qatar, on flight QR976 and arrived at
Noi Bai International Airport on December 19, said the National Steering
Committee for Prevention and Control.

Seven of them are Vietnamese
citizens returning home from the US, including six transited in the Republic of
Korea and one transited in Japan. They arrived at Noi Bai International Airport
and Da Nang International Airport on December 22 and 6, respectively.

The four others are also
who returned home from the UK on December 22.

All of the infected people have
been quarantined upon their arrival, posing no risk of transmission to the
community.

According to the subcommittee
for treatment, a total of 1,281 patients have been successfully treated to date,
while the number of deaths related to the disease was still kept at 35.

Among the active patients
undergoing treatment nationwide, six tested negative for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
once, 10 twice and four thrice.

As many as 16,226 people who
had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from
pandemic-regions are currently quarantined across the country, including 168 in
hospitals, 15,056 in state-designated establishments and the remainders at
their residences./.