According to the ministry's report, four of the new patients including three men and one woman aged between 41-51 returned from Angola at Van Don International Airport on March 31. They were sent to a quarantine area in Bac Ninh Province upon arrival and test positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 2. They are now being treated at a hospital in Bac Ninh Province.
Two other patients who are both women aged 2 returned through Moc Bai International Border Gate in Tay Ninh Province on April 1. They tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 3 and are now being treated at a local healthcare centre.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,626, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.
As of 6 pm on April 3, a total of 2,383 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 27,000 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.