Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad are taken to a concentrated quarantine establishment (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 16 new importedCOVID-19 cases on November 15 evening, including 15 Vietnamese and one Russiancitizens, who were quarantined upon their arrival.
The new patients brought the total number of COVID-19 cases inVietnam to 1,281, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control.
Among those, 691 are domestically transmitted cases, including551 infections since the pandemic broke out in the central city of Da Nang onJuly 25.
Vietnam has gone through 74 consecutive days without infections in the community.
Meanwhile,the subcommittee for treatment reported that up to 1,103 patients havebeen successfully treated to date.
Among the COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment, 14 peopletested negative for novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 12 twice and 13 thrice.
Currently, there are no COVID-19 patientsin critical conditions while the number of deaths related to the disease was kept at 35.
As many as15,721 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnamfrom pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across the country, including211 in hospitals, 14,639 in concentrated quarantine establishments and 871 attheir residences./.
