COVID-19 cases rise to 401 as five more people test positive

At a quarantine area in Ha Nam province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The number of COVID-19
cases in Vietnam has risen to 401 as the National Steering Committee
for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced five s on July 22
morning.

All the five patients are s,
four of whom came home from Russia and the other was repatriated from the US.
All were immediately quarantined upon arrival.

It has now been 97 days since the country
recorded the last infection in the community.

Up to 261 out of the total 401 patients are imported
cases who were put under quarantine right after their arrival, posing no risk
of community transmission.

As many as 365 patients were given the all-clear of
the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while the remaining 36 are being treated at medical
establishments across the country.

There are currently 12,484 people who had close
contact with patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions
being quarantined, including 114 at hospitals, 11,239 at other facilities and
1,131 at home./.