Three COVID-19 patients were declared to have recovered on July 20 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A has
tested positive for COVID-19 after his arrival in Vietnam, raising the national
tally to 384 as of 6pm on July 20, announced the National Steering Committee on
COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The 27-year-old man landed at Tan Son Nhat
international airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11 and had been put under
quarantine right upon his arrival.
After moving to a in the
southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau, he tested negative to the SARS-CoV-2 that
causes COVID-19 on July 13. Five days later, he showed symptoms of fever, sore
throat and back pain.
His sample was sent to the Pasteur
Institute in HCM City and he was found to be positive for the virus.
Earlier, nine patients on the same flight were
found positive for and had gone into quarantine in Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
Vietnam marked the 95th straight day
without community transmission of the COVID-19 on July 20.
Up to 244 of the 384 confirmed patients are
imported cases who were quarantined upon arrival.
On the day, three more patients were
declared to have recovered, bringing the number of recoveries to 360, and
there are no related deaths.
Most of the remainders are in stable
condition, including four negative for the virus once and another at least
twice.
There are 11,697 people having close
contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit areas in quarantine at
present, including 141 in hospitals, 10,486 in other quarantine sites, and
1,070 at home or accommodation facilities./.
Source: VietnamPlus
