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Vietnam records three new imported cases of COVID-19 on October 13

Three new cases of COVID-19, all imported, were detected in Vietnam on October 13, raising the national count to 1,113, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Three new cases of COVID-19, all imported,were detected in Vietnam on October 13, raising the national count to 1,113,according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl.

Two new patients returned from Russia on flight QH9495 which landed in Can Tho airport in the MekongDelta city of Can Tho on September 26. They were found positive to SARS-CoV-2while in quarantine in Bac Lieu province.

The third patient, a Malaysian expert in the oil and gas industry,arrived from Malaysian on flight MH766 which landed in Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 10.

Also on October 13, one patient was given the all clear, bringing thetotal number of recovered patients to 1,026. The number of fatalities remainsat 35.

Among patients still under treatment, eight have tested negative forSARS-CoV-2 once, two twice and 14 thrice.  

A total of 13,845 people who had close contacts with COVID-19 patientsor arrived from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined nationwide, with 143at hospitals, 12,451 at concentrated facilities and 1,251 at homes or in theiraccommodations./.
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