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According to the ministry's report, one of the new patients is a 27-year-old woman who returned from the UAE at Nha Trang International Airport in Khanh Hoa Province on October 29.

The two other patients aged 21 and 24 returned from Japan on October 29 and were sent to a quarantine area in Danang City upon arrival.They both tested positive for coronavirus on October 30 and are now being treated at a hospital in Danang City.

With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 489.

As of 6 pm on October 31, a total of 1,062 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

The country has gone 59 days without reporting any new case in the community.

At present,14,713 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.