A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 15 new COVID-19 infections on March 12
evening, including two cases in northern province and 13 imported,
the Ministry of Health has said.
The
two cases in Hai Duong province are workers of the Vietnam Poyun Electronics Co. Ltd. in
Chi Linh city. Both of them had been previously put under
quarantine and are now treated at a treatment hospital in Hai Duong.
Meanwhile,
the 13 have been quarantined upon their arrival in northern
Quang Ninh province and the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Thap.
The
new infections brought the total number of COVID-19 patients detected in
Vietnam so far to 2,550, including 1,592 domestically-transmitted cases. Up to
899 domestically-transmitted cases have been reported since the third wave of
outbreak hit the country on January 27.
The
Treatment Subcommittee said 38 patients have been declared to recover from the
disease, raising the total number of recoveries to 2,086. The death toll
related to the pandemic remained at 35.
Among
active patients undergoing treatment across the country, 48 tested negative to
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 48 twice and 91 thrice.
There
are 44,540 people who had close contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients or
entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined nationwide,
including 497 in hospitals, 15,065 in state-designated establishments and
28,978 at their residences./.
Source: VietnamPlus
