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Hanoi (VNA) – Four new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on December
12, all Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad and being quarantined,
according to the National Steering Committee for Prevention and
Control.
Of the newly-detected patients, one arrived from UAE on flight VN88 which
landed at Cam Ranh airport on December 8, and another returned from Russia on
flight VN5062 which landed at Da Nang airport on December 6. They are being
treated at the General Hospital of Phu Yen province, and Lung Hospital in Da
Nang city, respectively.
The two others are sailors working onboard the ship Navios Marco Polo. They from
Ukraine entered Nha Trang port, Khanh Hoa province, on December 9. Both
patients are being treated at the Khanh Hoa hospital of tropical disease.
With the new cases, the of COVID-19 patients now stands at 1,395.
Among COVID-19 cases
in , 1,238 have recovered while
the fatalities remain at 35.
Among those still
under treatment, three have tested negative
for SARS-CoV-2 once, seven twice and 12 thrice.
A total of 21,001 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or
arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide, with 193 at
hospitals, 16,302 at concentrated facilities and 4,506 either at home or
accommodations./.
Source: VietnamPlus
