Three more imported Covid-19 patients confirmed on Friday

An Austrian national and two Vietnamese citizens who recently arrived in Vietnam have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,512.

An Austrian national and two Vietnamese citizens who recently arrived in Vietnam from Austria, Czech Republic, and the UK have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,512, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday evening.

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According to the ministry's report, the three men aged between 23-59 recently arrived at Can Tho and Noi Bai airports and were sent to quarantine areas in Hanoi and Tra Vinh Province.

The three patients are now being treated at local hospitals.

With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 818.

As of 6 pm on January 8, a total of 1,357 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,18,554 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.