One imported COVID-19 case recorded on November 21

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Hanoi (VNA) – One imported case of COVID-19 was
recorded on November 21, raising the national count to 1,306, according to the National
Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The new patient, a Vietnamese citizen returning from Germany on
November 19, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 while staying in quarantine in the
northern province of Quang Ninh.

As of 6pm on November 21, Vietnam had gone 80 straight days free
of community infection of the coronavirus.

Among those still under treatment, 11 have tested negative for
once, nine twice and five thrice.

Meanwhile, 15,582 people who had close contact with
patients or returned from pandemic areas are under
nationwide./.