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Two new COVID-19 infection cases confirmed

The Ministry of Health on March 21 evening announced two more cases who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, bringing the total in Vietnam so far to 94.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health on March 21 evening announced twomore cases who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, bringing thetotal in Vietnam so far to 94.
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The 93rd case is a 20-year-old Vietnamese male student from Hungary. He landed at Noi Bai airporton March 18 on Flight SU290. His samples were tested positive by the Hanoi Centrefor Disease Control for the first time on March 20.

Second test by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology showed thesame result on March 21.

The 94th case is a 64-year-old woman from the northern province of Bac Giang.She came to the Czech Republic to visit her daughter from February 29. Shelanded at Noi Bai airport on March 18 on the same flight as the 93rd patient.

Both patients are being treated at the National Hospital of Tropical DiseasesNo.2 in Hanoi's Dong Anh district, and in stable condition.

Among the 94 COVID-19 cases in Vietnam so far, 17 have fully recovered./.
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