Vietnam logs another imported COVID-19 case on March 14 evening

The new patient is a Japanese expert who has been quarantined
since his arrival at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on
March 10. His sample showed a positive result and he is now treated at Cu Chi
COVID-19 treatment hospital.

Of the total number, 1,594 are domestically-transmitted cases, including
901 infections since the third outbreak hit the country on January 27.

According to the Treatment Subcommittee under the National
Steering Committee for Prevention and Control, a total of 2,086
patients have recovered from the disease, while the death toll was kept at 35.

Among active patients undergoing treatment at medical
establishments nationwide, 48 tested negative to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 48 twice and
91 thrice.

As many as 39,613 people who had close contact with
confirmed COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are
being quarantined across the country, including 503 in hospitals, 16,056 in
state-designated establishments and 23,054 at their residences./.