Blockade in an area with suspected COVID-19 cases - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Three more cases of COVID-19 were detected in the past 24 hoursto 6pm December 29, which all involved people returning from abroad who hadbeen quarantined, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control.
The 1452nd and 1,453rd patients are both Vietnamese, who illegallyentered the country from Myanmar on December 24 via trails together withpatient 1440 and 1451. Patient 1452, a woman, is being quarantined and treatedat the Sa Dec General Hospital in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, whilepatient 1453, a man is treated at the Cu Chi District Hospital in HCM City.
Meanwhile, the 1454th patient is an eight-year-old Vietnamese. Shereturned home from US on flight SQ178, which landed in the Tan Son Nhat InternationalAirport on December 27. She is now treated at the Cu Chi District Hospital.
By December 29 evening, Vietnam recorded a total of 1,454 cases of COVID-19, ofwhich 693 were community infections. The number of deaths still remained at 35.As many as 1,319 patients have recovered from the disease.
Of the active patients, 10 have testednegative once for SARS-CoV-2, 10 twice, and 13 thrice.
A total of 16,553 people who had close contactwith COVID-19 patients or returned from pandemic-hit areas are beingquarantined nationwide./.
VNA
