At a concentrated quarantine establishment in Ba Ria – Vung Tau (Photo: VNA) COVID-19 cases on September 9 evening, according to the National Steering
Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
After arriving at in Ho Chi Minh City on
Flight VN28 from Ukraine on September 1, they were put under quarantine in the
southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
They tested negative to SARS-CoV-2 for the first time on
September 3 and positive the second time on September 9.
Vietnam has so far recorded 1059 infection cases, 691 of
them are locally-transmitted.
Also on September 9, 21 patients were given the all-clear
from the virus, including 10 in Da Nang, four in Hanoi, four in Quang Nam, two
in Bac Lieu and one in Dak Lak.
Among patients under treatment at medical establishments, 16
tested negative once, 13 twice and 21 others thrice.
The country also recorded 35 fatalities related to ,
most of them suffered serious underlying diseases.
As many as 37,474 people nationwide who had close contact
with patients or entered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, 834 of
them are in hospitals, 13,365 in other establishments and 23,274 at homes.
The Health Ministry has urged each Vietnamese citizen
to download Bluezone app at https://www.bluezone.gov.vn to receive infection risk warnings./.
Source: VietnamPlus
