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Vietnam records nine imported COVID-19 cases on New Year day

Vietnam recorded nine new imported COVID-19 cases on the first day of the New Year 2021, bringing the total number of infections to 1,474, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Vietnam records nine imported COVID-19 cases on New Year day ảnh 1At a concentrated quarantine zone (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam recorded nine new imported COVID-19 cases on thefirst day of the New Year 2021, bringing the total number of infections to 1,474,according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl.

Allof them are Vietnamese citizens who returned home from Russia, Germany andCanada. They have been quarantined upon their arrival.

Ofthe total infections, 693 are domestically-transmitted cases, including 553cases since July 25.

Accordingto the subcommittee for treatment, as many as 1,325 patients have fully recoveredfrom the disease while the number of related deaths is still kept at 35.

Amongthe patients undergoing treatment across the country, seven people have testednegative for the virus once, 11 others twice and 10 thrice.

As many as 17,178 people who had close contact withCOVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are currentlyquarantined nationwide, including 150 in hospitals, 15,818 in state-designatedestablishments and 1,210 at their residences./.
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