Vietnam reports 6 new imported COVID-19 cases on Thursday morning
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam confirmed six new imported COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on Thursday, bringing the nation’s tally to 2,812, according to the Ministry of Health.
 A border guard officer and a medical worker visit a household in the border area to check COVID-19 prevention. (Photo: VNA) |
Among the new patients, three are Vietnamese nationals, who landed on Tuesday at Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh from Japan and were quarantined in Thai Binh province.
The remaining two patients are Indian experts who transited in Dubai in the UAE before arriving at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. They are receiving treatment at National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi.
According to report from the ministry’s Medical Examination and Treatment Department, a total of 2,490 COVID-19 patients in the nation have been given the all clear. The death toll remains at 35.
The Ministry of Health said that a total of 108,897 frontline workers nationwide received COVID-19 vaccine shots as of 4pm on Wednesday.