American expert among two new COVID-19 cases

VGP – Viet Nam confirmed two new COVID-19 cases, including an American expert on Tuesday, raising the patient tally to 1,551.

January 26, 2021 6:15 PM GMT+7

Specifically, patient 1550 is a 49-year-old Vietnamese woman in Bien Hoa city of Southern province of Dong Nai.

She landed at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.

The woman is being treated at the city’s Cu Chi field hospital.

Patient 1,551 is a 58-year-old American man who flew from the United Arab Emirates to Ho Chi Minh City on January 9 on flight EK392.

He is being treated at the Cu Chi field hospital.

The same day, five more patients were declared free of the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 1,430./.

By Ngoc Van