Two Philippine Nationals Test Positive For COVID-19, more than 44,000 People Vaccinated
VGP – Viet Nam confirmed four new imported cases of COVID-19 this morning, raising the national caseload to 2,590.
Specifically, patient 2587 is a 36-year-old woman in Tan Chau District of the southern province of Tay Ninh.
Patient 2588 is a 28-year-old woman in Thai Nguyen City of Thai Nguyen Province.
Both of them are F1 individuals of patient 2583 and returned to Viet Nam on March 26 via the Moc Bai International Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh.
They have been quarantined upon arrival and are being treated at the Tay Ninh Provincial General Hospital.
Patients 2589 and 2590 are Philippine nationals, aged 25 and 27, respectively.
The pair flew from the Philippines to Ha Noi on March 15 and were sent to a quarantine site in Bac Ninh Province.
Both of them are being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi’s Dong Anh District.
The nation is placing 44,833 people under medical surveillance and quarantine, including 483 at hospitals, 18,412 at concentrated facilities, and 25,983 at places of residence.
Since March 8 when the country began national COVID-19 vaccination program, 44,278 have been vaccinated in 19 cities and localities nationwide, according to the Ministry of Health./.
By Quang Minh
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