15 Vietnamese citizens and a Russian national who recently arrived from Russia have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,281, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday evening.
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According to the ministry's report, all the new patients including 13 women and three men returned on two repatriation flights at Van Don Airport on October 31 and Cam Ranh Airport on November 11.
They were sent to quarantine areas in Khanh Hoa, Hung Yen and Hoa Binh provinces upon arrival and tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on November 13.
The patients are now being treated at hospitals in Hanoi, Khanh Hoa and Hoa Binh provinces.
With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 590.
As of 6 pm on November 15, a total of 1,103 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 73 days without reporting any new case in the community.
At present, over 15,000 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.
