Vietnam confirms three more imported COVID-19 cases
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam on September 13 evening confirmed three more imported COVID-19 cases who
were put under quarantine in the central province of Phu Yen following their
arrival.
The
patients arrived at Cam Ranh airport on September 10 on the flight VN5062 from
Russia. They tested positive to SARS-CoV-2 at Pasteur Institute in Nha Trang on
September 13, reported the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention
and Control.
As
of September 13, Vietnam recorded a total of 1,063 COVID-19 patients, 691 of
them were locally-transmitted.
The
same day, eight patients were given the all-clear from the virus, including
five in Da Nang and the remaining in Quang Nam, raising the total number of
recovery cases to 918. There have been 35 deaths related to the disease.
As
many as 36,299 people who had close contact with patients or entered from
pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, including 504 at hospitals, 17,703 at
other establishments and 18,092 at homes.
The
Health Ministry has called on residents to wear masks in public places, regularly
wash hands with soap, avoid crowd gatherings, and install Bluezone app to
receive infection risk alerts./.