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According to the ministry's report, the 45-year-old Indian man arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20. He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for coronavirus on March 21.
The patient is now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.
Another patient is a 31-year-old Vietnamese woman who returned from the UAE at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 10. She was sent to a quarantine area in Dong Nai Province upon arrival and tested positive for coronavirus on March 21.
The patient is now being treated at the Dong Nai Lung Hospital.
The last patient is a 24-year-old Vietnamese woman who returned to Ha Tien International Border Gate in Kien Giang Province on February 28. She was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for coronavirus on March 21.
The patient is now being treated at the Ha Tien City Healthcare Centre.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,575, including 908 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. Hai Duong Province alone has recorded 724 cases.
As of 6 pm on March 22, a total of 2,234 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 40,000 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.