Three new COVID-19 cases reported on December 29

Blockade in an area with suspected COVID-19 cases – Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Three more cases of COVID-19 were detected in the past 24 hours
to 6pm December 29, which all involved people returning from abroad who had
been d, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control.

The 1452nd and 1,453rd patients are both Vietnamese, who illegally
entered the country from Myanmar on December 24 via trails together with
patient 1440 and 1451. Patient 1452, a woman, is being quarantined and treated
at the Sa Dec General Hospital in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, while
patient 1453, a man is treated at the Cu Chi District Hospital in HCM City.

Meanwhile, the 1454th patient is an eight-year-old Vietnamese. She
returned home from US on flight SQ178, which landed in the Tan Son Nhat International
Airport on December 27. She is now treated at the Cu Chi District Hospital.

By December 29 evening, Vietnam recorded a total of 1,454 cases of COVID-19, of
which 693 were community infections. The number of deaths still remained at 35.
As many as 1,319 patients have recovered from the disease.

Of the active patients, 10 have tested
negative once for SARS-CoV-2, 10 twice, and 13 thrice.

A total of 16,553 people who had close contact
with patients or returned from pandemic-hit areas are being
quarantined nationwide./.