People repartriated from the US prepare to leave a quarantine site in Hung Yen province after finishing the mandatory quarantine period there (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Three new imported cases of COVID-19 were recordedfrom 6am to 6pm on October 27, raising the national count to 1,172, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl.
Patients numbered 1,170 and 1,171 are Indian experts who arrived fromIndia on October 6 on flight 6E9471. They tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 while in quarantine.
Earlier, 18 other passengers on the same flight were also found to be contractedwith the coronavirus.
The 1,172nd patient is a Vietnamese man who returned fromFrance on October 21.
One patient was given the all-clear on October 27, raising the number of recoveredpatients to 1,062. The fatalities remain at 35.
Among the activepatients, five have tested negative for thecoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, one negative twice and nine negative thrice. There are no patients in critical conditions.
As many as 14,777 people who had close contactwith COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are now under quarantine nationwide./.
VNA
