Weekly COVID-19 update: 28 new cases, 34 recoveries

The latest cases included three foreign experts who came from Japan, Brazil and South Africa.

The rest are Vietnamese, of whom one brought home from Ukraine, three from Poland, five from Germany, nine from the U.S., and six from the UK.   

With 34 more patients cleared of the virus, the total number of recoveries increased to 1,303. The number of COVID-19 fatalities remained at 35 while none of the current patients is in critical health condition.

The nation is placing 16,799 people who had been in contact with Covid-19 patients or returned home from the pandemic-stricken areas under medical surveillance and concentrated quarantine. Of these, 159 are kept at hospitals, 15,797 at concentrated quarantine sites and 843 at places of residence.

As the Covid-19 pandemic is still evolving swiftly and complicatedly around the world, the Government ordered subbordinate levels to sustain high vigilance and strictly control borders to prevent illegal entrants.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 27, urged fast contact tracing of those who came in contact with Covid-19 patient numbered 1,440 in order to prevent spread of the virus to communities.

Patient numbered 1,400 is a 32-year-old man who illegally entered Viet Nam on December 24 and was confirmed positive for the virus on December 26./.

By Kim Loan