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According to the ministry's report, the newly-reported patients include 20 Vietnamese people aged between 21-58 who recently returned to Ben Tre, An Giang, Thai Nguyen, and Bac Ninh provinces, and Danang and Ho Chi Minh cities from Japan, the UAE, Angola, the Philippines, Qatar, and Thailand. They were all sent to local quarantine sites upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.
The other patient is a 33-year-old Indian man who landed at Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City from the UAE on April 10. He was sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on April 14.
The man is now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,758, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.
As of 6 pm on April 14, a total of 2,445 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, nearly 39,000 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.
