Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam confirmed an additional importedCOVID-19 case from 6am to 6pm on September 23, according to the NationalSteering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Patient No 1069, 18, entered Vietnam on Flight VN0002 from the US onSeptember 20 and was placed in quarantine in Hung Yen province following herarrival.
After testing positive to SARS-CoV-2 on September 21 and 22, she is now beingtreated at the second branch of the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases inHanoi’s outlying district of Dong Anh.
Of the 1,069 infection cases to date, 691 are local transmissions.
On the same day, Patient No 936 was the last in Da Nang city to be giventhe all-clear, raising the total number of recoveries nationwide to 991. Therehave been 35 fatalities to date, with most being elderly or suffering seriousunderlying conditions.
Among the patients under treatment at medical establishments, nine have testednegative once, six twice, and 10 three times.
Some 20,870 people who had close contact with patients or had been in pandemic-hitareas are in quarantine - 335 in hospitals, 12,932 at other facilities, and7,585 at home./.
Patient No 1069, 18, entered Vietnam on Flight VN0002 from the US onSeptember 20 and was placed in quarantine in Hung Yen province following herarrival.
After testing positive to SARS-CoV-2 on September 21 and 22, she is now beingtreated at the second branch of the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases inHanoi’s outlying district of Dong Anh.
Of the 1,069 infection cases to date, 691 are local transmissions.
On the same day, Patient No 936 was the last in Da Nang city to be giventhe all-clear, raising the total number of recoveries nationwide to 991. Therehave been 35 fatalities to date, with most being elderly or suffering seriousunderlying conditions.
Among the patients under treatment at medical establishments, nine have testednegative once, six twice, and 10 three times.
Some 20,870 people who had close contact with patients or had been in pandemic-hitareas are in quarantine - 335 in hospitals, 12,932 at other facilities, and7,585 at home./.
VNA
