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According to the ministry's report, the 54-year-old man landed at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport on November 19 from Qatar.
He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on December 5.
The new patient is now being treated at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
With this new infection case, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 672.
As of 6 pm on December 6, a total of 1,220 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 17,020 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.
