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Six new imported COVID-19 cases documented on April 22 morning

Vietnam confirmed six new imported COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on April 22, bringing the nation’s tally to 2,812, according to the Ministry of Health.
Six new imported COVID-19 cases documented on April 22 morning ảnh 1Medical workers on duty at airport (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed six new imported COVID-19 cases inthe past 12 hours to 6:00 am on April 22, bringing the nation’s tally to 2,812,according to the Ministry of Health.

Patients 2807, 2808, 2809 and 2810 are all Vietnamese nationals, who landed onApril 20 at Van Don International Airport in the northern province of QuangNinh from Japan and were quarantined at Thai Binh General Hospital in in ThaiBinh province.

Meanwhile, Patients 2811 and 2812 are Indian experts who transited in Dubai in theUAE before arriving at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. They werequarantined in Yen Bai province on April 18, and tested positive for the novelcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on April 21. They are receiving treatment at NationalHospital of Tropical Diseases in Dong Anh district, Hanoi.

According to report from the ministry’s Medical Examination and TreatmentDepartment, a total of 2,490 COVID-19 patients in the nation have been giventhe all clear. The death toll remains at 35.

Among those under treatment, 12 have tested negative for the virus once, 11twice and 17 thrice.

As many as 39,191 people are being quarantined nationwide, including 518 athospitals, 23,688 at concentrated facilities, and 14,985 at home.

The ministry said that a total of 108,897 frontline workers nationwide receivedCOVID-19 vaccine shots as of 4pm on April 21.

In a bid to live safely with the pandemic,people should strictly follow the Ministry of Health’s 5K message: khau trang(facemask), khu khuan (disinfection), khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (nogathering) and khai bao y te (health declaration)./.
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