Vietnam reports one new imported case, another COVID-19 death

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported one new imported case and another coronavirus-related death on August 15 morning.
Vietnam reports one new imported case, another COVID-19 death ảnh 1Tourists stranded in Quang Nam province and Da Nang city taking quarantine procedures at Vabis Hong Lam International School in Phu My twon, south-central Binh Dinh province. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control reported one new imported case and another coronavirus-relateddeath on August 15 morning.

Thenew infection case is a 41-year-old woman from Vu Ban district in northern Nam Dinh province.She had previously been living in Russia where she tested positive for COVID-19and was treated. After recovering from the virus she was repatriated to Vietnamand immediately quarantined on arrival after landing on August 10.

She was tested again and the results revealed she was once again positive forcoronavirus. She is being treated at the Nam Dinh General Hospital.

There have now beena total of 930 people testing positive for the coronavirus since the first casewas detected back in January. Of them, 329 are imported cases and quarantined upontheir arrival.

Meanwhile, a 63-year-old man in Da Nang city became the 22nd fatalityrelated to the cororavirus SARS-CoV-2.

He had a number of underlying health conditions including end-stage renalfailure, hypertension and heart failure. He had also been receiving dialysistreatment for a number of years.

He died of septic shock, multiple organ failure,pneumonia caused by Covid-19 and end-stage of renal failure./.
VNA

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