A Vietnamese man who recently returned from Russia has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,100, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday evening.
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According to the ministry's report, the 29-year-old man landed at Can Tho International Airport in Can Tho Province on September 26. He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival.
The patient has shown symptoms like fever, cough, and sore throat in recent days and his second viral test carried out on Wednesday came positive for coronavirus. He is being treated at the Bac Lieu General Hospital in southern province of Bac Lieu.
With this new infection case, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 409.
As of 6pm on October 8, a total of 1,023 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.
The country has gone 35 days without reporting any new case in the community.
At present, over 14,000 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.
