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VN confirms two new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 1,068

VGP – Two men repatriated from Pakistan were confirmed positive for COVID-19 this afternoon, raising Viet Nam’s patient tally to 1,068.

September 18, 2020 10:00 PM GMT+7

The pair, assigned numbers 1,067 and 1,068, took flight QH461 from Pakistan, transiting in Qatar and the Republic of Korea before landing at the Cam Ranh Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa on September 15.

Both of them are 36 years old and residents of the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau.

They are being isolated and treated at the Medical Center of the locality’s Cam Lam District.

Of the country’s patient tally, 941 have recovered and exited hospitals and 35 others have died of the virus and other diseases./.

By Ngoc Van