Two imported cases of COVID-19 reported on October 17

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Hanoi (VNA) – Two cases of COVID-19, all imported, were recorded in the afternoon of
October 17, raising the total count to 1,126, according to the Ministry of
Health.

One of the patients
is a 30-year-old Indian expert who is in quarantine after his arrival at HCM
City-based on October 6, and is being
treated at the city hospital for tropical diseases.

The other is a
37-year-old Vietnamese returning from Myanmar. He was also quarantined after
arriving at Can Ranh airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa on October
15.

Some 13,090 people who had close contact
with patients or come from pandemic-hit areas are under health monitoring
nationwide.

A total of 1,031 patients have been given
the so far. The death toll remains at 35.
Among patients still
under treatment, seven have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, four twice and
12 thrice./.