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According to the ministry's report, the Filipino patients are a 30-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman who arrived from the Philippines to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 22. They were both sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on March 7.
The two patients are now being treated at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
The Vietnamese patient is from the country's Covid-19 hotspot of Hai Duong.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,512, including 892 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. Hai Duong Province alone has recorded 708 cases.
As of 6 pm on March 7, a total of 1,920 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, 45,219 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.