Vietnam logs five imported COVID-19 cases on Nov 23

The patients were quarantined upon their arrival at the country’s airports.

Two of them are experts from India and the Philippines while three others are
Vietnamese citizens returning from Romania and Japan.

So far, Vietnam has recorded 691 of COVID-19. The
country has been free of virus transmission in the community for 82 straight
days.

Also on November 23, nine COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear, raising
the number of recoveries to 1,151.

Among patients still under treatment, nine have tested negative for the
coronavirus once, nine twice and 10 thrice. There is no patient in a serious
condition at present. The fatalities remain at 35.

A total of 15,874 people who had close contact with patients or came
from are under health monitoring, including 201 at
hospitals, 14,717 at designated facilities and 956 at home or in
accommodations./.