American man among two new imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam
An American 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 1,551, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday evening.
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According to the ministry's report, the 58-year-old American man flew from the UAE to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on January 9.
He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in his second testing on January 24.
The patient is now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.
The other patient is a 49-year-old Vietnamese woman who returned from the US and transited in Hong Kong before landing at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.
She was sent to quarantine upon arrival and 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 857.
As of 6 pm on January 26, a total of 1,430 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, nearly 22,000 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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