A Vietnamese returning from abroad is quarantined at a military camp in northern Ha Nam province (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported seven new imported COVID-19 cases on July 22 evening, bringing the total to 408 nationwide, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The new patients are Russian citizens coming to Vietnam to work as experts for an oil and gas company.
The group, aged between 42 and 55, landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in southern Ho Chi Minh City on Flight IO4405 on July 11 and were quarantined in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province immediately upon arrival.
They are all being treated at Ba Ria Hospital.
Earlier, Vietnam recorded 10 imported cases who are passengers on the same flight and being quarantined in Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The country has gone through 97 days without new community transmissions. Among the total, 268 were imported and quarantined upon arrival.
More than 12,480 people having close contact or entering from pandemic-hit areas are under health monitoring and quarantined at hospitals, concentrated quarantine establishments, homes and accomodations.
The committee’s treatment subcommittee reported that 365 patients have been given all-clear and there is zero death. Most of the patients treated at health facilities nationwide are in stable condition./.
