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One new imported COVID-19 case confirmed

Vietnam confirmed one new imported COVID-19 case on November 4 morning, bringing the total number of infections to 1,203, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
One new imported COVID-19 case confirmed ảnh 1Receiving Vietnamese citizens at a concentrated quarantine facility (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed one new imported COVID-19 case on November4 morning, bringing the total number of infections to 1,203, according to theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Thepatient is a 60-year-old Israeli national. He entered Noi BaiInternational Airport on flight QR976 on October 31 and was quarantined inHanoi’s Hoan Kiem district immediately after his entry.

Thepatient has been quarantined and treated at the National Hospital for TropicalDiseases No 2 in Hanoi's Dong Anh district.

Thetotal number of recoveries had reached 1,069, while there have been 35 deathsrelated to the disease.

Vietnamhas experienced 63 days without recording cases of COVID-19 in the community.

Amongpatients undergoing treatment, 17 tested negative for the coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 once, six twice and five others thrice. No patient is now incritical condition.

Asmany as 15,260 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnamfrom pandemic-hit regions are quarantined across the country./.
VNA
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