VN confirms one new COVID-19 case

VGP – A 25-year-old man repatriated from Japan was confirmed the latest COVID-19 case in Viet Nam on Saturday, taking the patient tally to 1,513.

January 09, 2021 6:33 PM GMT+7

The man, native of Nghe An Province, landed at the Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh Province on December 29 and was quarantined in the nearby province of Hai Duong.

He is being treated at the Hai Duong Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

The same day, four more patients declared free of the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 1,361.

So far, Viet Nam has reported 35 COVID-19 fatalities./.

By Thuy Dung