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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed twomore COVID-19 cases on August 28 evening, including one in the central city ofDa Nang and one imported case, according to the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The 29-year-old female patient in Bac Son Tra district, DaNang, had close contact with Patient 1,036 and was found positive to SARS-CoV-2 onAugust 27.
Meanwhile, the 23-year-old man in Hanoiarrived at Van Don airport in Quang Ninh on flight VN5062 from Russia on August 11. Hewas put under quarantine in Hai Duong province upon his arrival, duringwhich he shared a room with Patient 1,034.
On August 25, he completed his quarantine period and came to a rented room on HangBai street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi. Two days later, he was tested positive forthe virus by the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control.
As of August 28 evening, Vietnam recorded 1,038 COVID-19infection cases, 689 of them are locally-transmitted. The number of new cases related toDa Nang has amounted to 547 since July 25.
As many as 69,485 people who had close contacts with patients or entered frompandemic-hit areas are being quarantined, including 1,466 in hospitals, 18,200at other establishments and 49,819 at their homes.
Also according to the committee, 20patients treated at Hoa Vang medical centre were given the all-clear of the virus the sameday, together with three others at Da Nang Lung Hospital, one at the Ho ChiMinh Hospital for Tropical Diseases, one at Long Dien district’s medical centrein Ba Ria – Vung Tau and another at Hoa Lu district’s medical centre in NinhBinh, raising the total number of recovery cases to 663.
Among patients under treatment at medicalestablishment, 46 tested negative for the virus once, 48 others twice and 29 threetimes. Vietnam has so far recorded 30 deaths related to the disease.
Amid the complicated developments of thepandemic, the Health Ministry suggested residents download Bluezone app toreceive infection risk warnings./.
