Two imported COVID-19 cases, 22 recoveries reported

A sign in a quarantine establishment in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Two of COVID-19 were confirmed in the
past 24 hours to 6pm on January 18, raising the national count to 1,539,
according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.

The two new cases are a 28-year-old Vietnamese man returning from the US, and a
59-year-old Costa Rican expert who arrived in Vietnam from Dubai, the United
Arab Emirates (UAE).

They tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 while being quarantined
after arriving in Vietnam

Also on January 18, 22 patients were given the all-clear, raising the number of
to 1,402. The fatalities remain at 35.

Among patients still under treatment, 11 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2
once, 10 twice and nine thrice.

As many as 17,954 people who had close contact with patients or
arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined across the country, with
135 at hospitals, 16,466 at designated facilities and 1,353 at home or in their
accommodations./.