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Two imported cases of COVID-19 reported on October 17

Two cases of COVID-19, all imported, were recorded in the afternoon of October 17, raising the total count to 1,126, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Two cases of COVID-19, all imported, were recorded in the afternoon ofOctober 17, raising the total count to 1,126, according to the Ministry ofHealth.

One of the patientsis a 30-year-old Indian expert who is in quarantine after his arrival at HCMCity-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on October 6, and is beingtreated at the city hospital for tropical diseases.

The other is a37-year-old Vietnamese returning from Myanmar. He was also quarantined afterarriving at Can Ranh airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa on October15.

Some 13,090 people who had close contactwith COVID-19 patients or come from pandemic-hit areas are under health monitoringnationwide.

A total of 1,031 patients have been giventhe all-clear so far. The death toll remains at 35.
Among patients stillunder treatment, seven have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, four twice and12 thrice./.
VNA
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