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COVID-19 cases rise to 401 as five more people test positive

The number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam has risen to 401 as the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced five new patients on July 22 morning.
COVID-19 cases rise to 401 as five more people test positive ảnh 1At a quarantine area in Ha Nam province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The number of COVID-19cases in Vietnam has risen to 401 as the National Steering Committeefor COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced five new patients on July 22morning.

All the five patients are imported cases,four of whom came home from Russia and the other was repatriated from the US.All were immediately quarantined upon arrival.

It has now been 97 days since the countryrecorded the last infection in the community.

Up to 261 out of the total 401 patients are importedcases who were put under quarantine right after their arrival, posing no riskof community transmission.

As many as 365 patients were given the all-clear ofthe coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while the remaining 36 are being treated at medicalestablishments across the country.

There are currently 12,484 people who had closecontact with COVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regionsbeing quarantined, including 114 at hospitals, 11,239 at other facilities and1,131 at home./.
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