A young man from Nghe An returning from Japan has Covid-19

On the afternoon of January 9, the Ministry of Health announced 1 more case.Covid-19 infection, bringing the total number of people with this disease in our country to 1,513 cases.

Patient 1,513 is a 25-year-old male Vietnamese national residing in Truong Thi ward, Vinh city, Nghe An province.

On December 29, 2020, this person returned to Vietnam from Japan on flight VN311. After entering the country at Van Don airport, he was immediately quarantined in Hai Duong.

Test results on January 8, 2021 showed that this person was positive for SARS-CoV-2. The patient is currently isolated and treated at the Hai Duong Province Tropical Diseases Hospital.

Previously, on the above flight VN311, 4 cases of SARS-CoV-2 positivity were recorded.isolationright in Hai Duong

As of 6 p.m. on January 9, Vietnam recorded 1,513 people infected with Covid-19, of which 693 cases were domestically infected.

Nghe An medical staff measure the body temperature of people in quarantine to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic. Photo courtesy of Thanh Chung

Among the cases that have not recovered, 8 patients have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 three times in a row, 8 people tested negative for the second time, 9 people tested negative for the first time. The number of patients who died from Covid-19 remains at 35 cases.

Vietnam currently has two severe Covid-19 patients, including patient 1465 being treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases and patient 1405 being treated at the Quang Nam Central General Hospital. Of these, case 1465 is the most severe.

Regarding the quarantine situation, the total number of people in close contact and entering from epidemic areas being monitored for health nationwide is 17,634. Of these, 146 people are quarantined at hospitals, 15,875 people are quarantined at other facilities, and 1,613 cases are quarantined at home or at their place of residence.

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