Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 37 more casespositive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on July 31, according to theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Of them, 26 are imported cases who have been put underquarantine following their arrival, three in Ho Chi Minh City and eight in thecentral province of Quang Nam.
Among the imported cases, six patients are Vietnamese crewmembersof a gas tanker that entered Vung Tau port on July 28 after travelling toQatar, India and Singapore.
The remaining imported cases were flown from EquatorialGuinea on Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN6 which landed at Noi Bai International Airportin Hanoi on July 29.
Vietnam has so far confirmed 546 infections, 302 of them areimported cases and 104 others related to the outbreak in central Da Nang city sinceJuly 25.
On July 31, the country reported its first COVID-19-relateddeath, a 70-year-old man with multiple comorbidities.
The same day, four people were given the all-clear of thevirus at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anhdistrict, raising the total number of recoveries to 373, accounting for 68.3percent.
As many as 53,767 people who had close contact with COVID-19patients or entered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, including 619in hospitals, 38,625 in concentrated quarantine facilities and 38,523 athome./.
Of them, 26 are imported cases who have been put underquarantine following their arrival, three in Ho Chi Minh City and eight in thecentral province of Quang Nam.
Among the imported cases, six patients are Vietnamese crewmembersof a gas tanker that entered Vung Tau port on July 28 after travelling toQatar, India and Singapore.
The remaining imported cases were flown from EquatorialGuinea on Vietnam Airlines’ flight VN6 which landed at Noi Bai International Airportin Hanoi on July 29.
Vietnam has so far confirmed 546 infections, 302 of them areimported cases and 104 others related to the outbreak in central Da Nang city sinceJuly 25.
On July 31, the country reported its first COVID-19-relateddeath, a 70-year-old man with multiple comorbidities.
The same day, four people were given the all-clear of thevirus at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anhdistrict, raising the total number of recoveries to 373, accounting for 68.3percent.
As many as 53,767 people who had close contact with COVID-19patients or entered from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, including 619in hospitals, 38,625 in concentrated quarantine facilities and 38,523 athome./.
VNA
