At the entrance of Hospital E on the first day it was put under lockdown. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 14 new infections on August 20 evening, including 12 in central Da Nang
city and nearby Quang Nam province, and two imported cases.
Among the new cases, 11 were recorded in , including
a medical worker, a patient at Da Nang Hospital and six caregivers of people
who received treatment at Da Nang Hospital and Da Nang Oncology Hospital, according
to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The two are a 33-year-old Filipino expert
flying in from the Republic of Korea and a 27-year-old Vietnamese man returning from
Equatorial Guinea. Both were quarantined upon arrival in Vietnam.
The raised the national count to 1,007, including
525 cases linked to Da Nang since the new coronovirus outbreak was detected in
the city on July 25.
On the same day, 10 more COVID-19 patients, nine in Da
Nang and one in Quang Nam province, were given all-clear, bringing the total number of recoveries to 543.
Across the country, 44 cases have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 39
twice and 28 three times.
As many as 83,644 people having close contact with confirmed
cases or arriving from pandemic-hit regions are under quarantine at present./.
Source: VietnamPlus
