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Indian man among two new imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam
  • | dtinews.vn | January 22, 2021 08:17 PM
An Indian man and a Vietnamese citizen who recently arrived in Vietnam have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,548, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday evening.



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According to the ministry's report, the 52-year-old Indian man flew from India and transited in the UAE before landing at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on January 19.

He was sent to a quarantine area upon arrival in Long An Province and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on January 21.


The patient is now being treated at the Long An Provincial General Hospital.

The other patient is a 27-year-old Vietnamese man who returned from Japan to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20.

He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on January 21.

The patient is now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.


With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 854.

As of 6 pm on January 22, a total of 1,411 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.

At present, over 18,000 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.

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