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According to the ministry's report, the 40-year-old woman landed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on December 17.
She was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and is now being treated at the Hanoi-based Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
With this new infection case, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 717.
As of 6 pm on December 19, a total of 1,269 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 16,954 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.
