Four new imported COVID-19 patients reported on May 18

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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam
recorded four more among , the
National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 18.

Accordingly, among the
patients are the two flight attendants on a
repatriation flight from Russia, which landed in the Van Don Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh on
May 13.

Meanwhile, the two
others were repatriated citizens on a similar flight from the US to the Noi Bai International
Airport in Hanoi on May 16.   

The new imported cases brought the total
number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 324. The patients,  along with all passengers on the flight, were immediately d upon arrival.

The country has gone 32 days without any
infections in community since April 16.

So far, 263 patients in Vietnam have been given the all-clear. Among 61
patients still receiving treatment, two have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2
once, and seven negative at least twice./.