Two more imported COVID-19 cases recorded on November 9 evening

Receiving Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded from 6am to 6pm
on November 9, raising the national tally to 1,215, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention
and Control.

The
patients, both Vietnamese, returned to Vietnam on from the
Netherlands via the Can Tho International Airport on November 7 and were
quarantined upon their arrival.

Among the total cases, 691 were locally transmitted.

Vietnam went through 68 days without local transmission. So
far, 1,087 patients have been recovered.

Among those under treatment at medical establishments, nine
tested negative once, 11 twice and eight thrice, with no one in critical
conditions. There were 35 deaths related to the disease, including 31 in Da
Nang, 3 in Quang Nam and 1 in Quang Tri.

A total of 14,409 people who had close contacts with
patients or entered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, including 202
in hospitals, 12,977 at other establishments and 1,230 at homes./.