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According to the ministry's report, three men aged between 27-41 arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on December 16.
They were sent to a quarantine area in Binh Duong Province upon arrival and are now being treated at the Binh Duong Provincial General Hospital.
With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 716.
As of 6 pm on December 18, a total of 1,266 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 18,000 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.
