One imported COVID-19 case recorded on January 9

Vietnamese citizens wash their hands with sanitisers at a concentrated quarantine area. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A 25-year-old Vietnamese man returning from Japan became
Vietnam’s only new COVID-19 case over the last 24 hours to 6pm on January 9,
according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.

The
new case brought the national tally of COVID-19 to 1,513.

The new arrived at Van Don airport in the northern province of Quang
Ninh on December 29 and was immediately put into quarantine in Hai Duong
province.

The number of recovered patients reached 1,361 after four were given the
all-clear on January 9. The fatalities remain at 35.

Among patients under treatment, nine have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, eight
twice and eight thrice.

A total of 17,634 people who had close contact with patients or
arrived from pandemic-affected regions are staying in quarantine nationwide./.