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Four new imported COVID-19 patients reported on May 18

Vietnam recorded four more COVID-19 cases among Vietnamese people returning from abroad, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 18.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamrecorded four more COVID-19 cases among Vietnamese people returning from abroad, theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on May 18.

Accordingly, among thepatients are the two flight attendants on arepatriation flight from Russia, which landed in the Van Don Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh onMay 13.

Meanwhile, the twoothers were repatriated citizens on a similar flight from the US to the Noi Bai InternationalAirport in Hanoi on May 16.   

The new imported cases brought the totalnumber of COVID-19 cases in the country to 324. The patients,  along with all passengers on the flight, were immediately quarantined upon arrival.

The country has gone 32 days without anyinfections in community since April 16.

So far, 263 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam have been given the all-clear. Among 61patients still receiving treatment, two have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2once, and seven negative at least twice./.

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