One imported COVID-19 case, 14 recoveries reported

At a State-designated quarantine camp for returnees from abroad in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded one new
imported case on January 6, bringing the to
1,505, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.

The new case is a 26-year-old Vietnamese woman returning home
from France on Flight VN5010 which landed in Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi
Minh City on December 16. She has been quarantined upon their arrival.

The subcommittee for treatment reported that 14 more patients
have been given the all-clear from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, raising the
total number of to 1,353. The number of deaths related to the
disease is still kept at 35.

Among the patients undergoing treatment across the country, 14
tested negative for the virus once, six twice and seven thrice.

As many as 19,292 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or
entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are currently quarantined nationwide./.