Medical workers examine a concentrated quarantine establishment in Ha Nam province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded nine new imported cases on
November 15 morning who were quarantined upon their arrival in the country,
said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The
new patients brought the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Vietnam so far to
1,265.
Among
those, 691 are domestically transmitted cases, including 551 infections since
the pandemic broke out in the central city of Da Nang on July 25.
Vietnam
has entered the 74th day without infections in the community, according to the
steering committee.
Meanwhile,
the subcommittee for treatment reported that among the COVID-19 patients undergoing
treatment, 14 people tested negative for novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 12 twice and
13 thrice.
There
are no COVID-19 patients in critical conditions while the number of deaths
related to the disease remained at 35.
As many
as 15,721 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam
from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across the country, including
211 in hospitals, 14,639 in concentrated quarantine establishments and 871 at
their residences./.
Source: VietnamPlus
