Three imported cases of COVID-19 reported on September 17

The
three new patients arrived in Noi Bai airport in Hanoi on a flight from
Uzbekistan on September 2 and were quarantined immediately after arrival. They were
negative for SARS-CoV-2 in the first test taken on September 3 and 4, but the
result of their second tests on September 15 and 16 turned positive.

On
September 17, four more patients were declared to have recovered from ,
bringing the total number of recoveries to 940. The fatalities remain at 35.

Among
patients under treatment, 14 have tested negative once, 7 negative twice and 19
negative thrice. Meanwhile, three patients are in very critical conditions.

A
total 30,653 people are being quarantined across the country, with 454 at
hospitals, 15,120 at designated facilities and 15,079 at home or
accommodations./.