Seven more imported COVID-19 cases reported on June 18

According to the National Steering Committee on
Prevention and Control, all the new patients returned from Kuwait on flight
QH9092 on June 16.

Immediately after landing in Ho Chi Minh City, they were put
into quarantine in the . Tests on June 17
showed the seven were positive to SARS-CoV-2.  

All the seven patients are being treated at Ba Ria hospital.

Among the total 342 confirmed cases, 202 were quarantined
following their arrivals. As many as 325 out of 342 have been given all-clear,
accounting for 95 percent, and there is no fatality.

Vietnam has gone through 63 consecutive days without local
transmission.

At present, 6,285 who had close contact with patients or
returned from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine. Of which, 93 in
hospitals, 5,775 in other facilities and 417 at homes./.