COVID-19: Two foreigners, four Vietnamese returnees confirmed
VOV.VN - Vietnam reported the discovery of six further imported COVID-19 cases over the past 12 hours to 6:00 pm on April 26, bringing the nation’s infection tally to 2,852, according to the Ministry of Health.
Among the new patients, there are two foreigners from the UK entering to Hanoi-based Noi Bai Airport on flight QR976 and are quarantined immediately upon arrival in Hanoi.
The remaining four Vietnamese returnees came from Russia, the Republic of Korea and the UAE. They are now undergoing COVID-19 treatment at local hospitals after they were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Among active patients, a total of 48 patients have tested negative for the virus, with most of them giving negative results for many times.
As many as 41,626 people are being isolated for medical monitoring across the nation.
So far, Vietnam has registered 2,516 recoveries from the coronavirus disease since the pandemic hit the nation in February 2020.
Meanwhile, April 26 saw the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asian nations continue to increase rapidly, with the Philippines exceeding the milestone of 1 million, Laos recording 113 new confirmed cases, and Thailand registering 57,508 cases, including 148 deaths.
Amid the possible outbreak of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health urged all Vietnamese citizens to properly comply with anti- pandemic measures, stay vigilant and tighten strict controls on illegal entry in a joint effort to control the situation.