Indonesia returnee confirmed latest case of COVID-19

VGP – A 47-year-old woman repatriated from Indonesia was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on Monday, raising the patient tally to 1,549.

January 25, 2021 6:10 PM GMT+7

The woman, native of Ha Noi, landed at the Noi Bai International Airport on January 10.

She is being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in the city’s Dong Anh District.

At present, nearly 21,000 people, who came in contact with COVID-19 patients or were brought home from the pandemic-stricken areas, are placed under quarantine nationwide.

The same day, 14 patients were declared free of the virus, raising the total recoveries to 1,425, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control led by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam./.

By Huong Giang