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According to the ministry's report, the 57-year-old man landed at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport from Qatar on January 9.
He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and is now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.
With this new infection case, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 821.
As of 6 pm on January 11, a total of 1,361 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, 17,471 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.