Health workers prepare to receive overseas Vietnamese people repatriated on a flight at Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed on May 17evening are Vietnamese people returning from Russia, and they have beenquarantined upon their arrival, said the national steering committee forCOVID-19 prevention and control.
The male patients were repatriated from Russia on Flight VN0062 onMay 13. After landing at Van Don International Airport in northern Quang Ninhprovince, they were immediately kept in quarantine at the military school ofThai Binh province.
Patient 319, 26 years old, is being treated at the Hanoi-basedNational Hospital for Tropical Diseases No. 2. Meanwhile, Patient 320, 29 yearsold, is under treatment at the General Hospital of Thai Binh province.
They added up to 320 patients of COVID-19 in Vietnam at present,including 180 imported cases who were quarantined upon their arrival in thecountry.
As of 6pm of May 17, Vietnam had not recorded any COVID-19infections in the community for 31 consecutive days.
There are 10,962 people under quarantine now, including 293 athospitals, 8,631 at other quarantine facilities, and 2,038 at home./.
VNA
