Hanoi (VNA) – Twenty one Vietnamese students who wereinfected with COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea are under good care and are in stablehealth condition, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.
At the ministry’s regular press conference on December 17, thespokeswoman said the ministry received the information about the students fromthe Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK. Accordingly, from December 14 to 16, theKorea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC)announced that 21 Vietnamese students living in the dormitory of Ajou Motor College in Boryeong, South Chungcheong province, had been confirmed to be positive forSARS-CoV-2.
Hang noted that the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK has contacted relevantRoK agencies for more information on the cluster of infections and asked themto take suitable quarantine and treatment measures to ensure the health andsafety for the students.
According to the spokeswoman, the embassy is maintaining regular contactwith the students while staying ready to take citizen protection measures whennecessary./.
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