Vietnamese returnees from abroad are taken to a quarantine site. — VNA/VNS Photo |
HÀ NỘI — Three new imported cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Việt Nam on Friday evening, a mother and her two children. These bring the total number of infections to 1,256, according to the Ministry of Health.
One of the new patients, the 1,254th, is a 35-year-old Vietnamese woman, living in Hà Nội’s Thanh Xuân District.
Two other patients are her son (10 years old) and daughter (9 years old).
They returned to Việt Nam from France on flight VN5010 on Wednesday via Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City.
They tested positive for the virus on Thursday and were put under quarantine in HCM City’s Củ Chi Field Hospital.
On the same day, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced eight more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from hospitals. They were numbered 1,150, 1,161, 1,163, 1,172, 1,162, 1,176, 1,174 and 1,175. — VNS