A medical worker takes sample for COVID-19 testing in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported two more imported
cases of over the last 24 hours, taking the to 1,548,
the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced on
January 22.
The two patients include a 52-year-old Indian specialist who
arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on January 19.
The other is a 27-year-old Vietnamese national returning from Japan and also
arriving at Tan Son Nhat Airport.
Both men have been put under quarantine upon their arrivals
and are being treated at hospitals.
The committee reported that the total remain at
1,411 and fatalities 35.
Among patients still under treatment, nine have tested
negative for the novel coronavirus once, 15 twice and seven thrice.
A total 18,603 people who had close contact with COVID-19
patients or arrived from pandemic-affected areas are being quarantined
nationwide.
As the risk of the pandemic entering the country from
outside remains very high, the steering committee urged the entire country to
continue strictly maintaining preventive measures, including tightening control
people’s movement across the border./.
Source: VietnamPlus
