Two new imported cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday evening

October 17, 2020 - 18:38
Two imported cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Saturday evening, bringing the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 1,126.
A view of the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases where one patient is being treated. Photo courtesy of the hospital

HÀ NỘI — Two imported cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Saturday evening, bringing the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 1,126.

One is a 30-year-old man who came to the country from India as an expert worker and the other is a 37-year-old Vietnamese man who arrived in the country on a repatriation flight from Myanmar.

Both patients were immediately quarantined upon arrival and are being treated in hospitals in HCM City and Khánh Hoà Province. — VNS

 

 

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