Three imported cases of COVID-19, four recoveries reported on Thursday evening

September 17, 2020 - 19:53

Three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Việt Nam, all of them imported cases who arrived in the country on the same flight from Uzbekistan on September 2.

Two COVID-19 patients were released from Hoà Vang Clinic in Đà Nẵng City on September 17. Photo suckhoedoisong.vn

HÀ NỘI — Three more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Việt Nam, all of them imported cases who arrived in the country on the same flight from Uzbekistan on September 2.

The patients were taken to quarantine upon arrival at Nội Bài International Airport. The patients are aged between 37 and 41. They are from the provinces of Quảng Bình, Đắk Lắk and Bình Định.

The three tested negative on September 3 and 4. But the second tests on September 15 and 16 were positive for the virus.

Currently, the patients are being treated at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District.

As of Thursday evening, the total number of cases stood at 1,066.

On the same day, four COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear, of whom two were released from Hoà Vang Clinic in Đà Nẵng City and two others were from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District.

The patients will continue quarantining at home following protocols of the Ministry of Health after being discharged from hospital.

Việt Nam has so recorded 940 recoveries and 35 fatalities related to the coronavirus. — VNS

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