Five new cases of Covid-19 brings tally to 1,402

Patients 1,398 and 1,399 are natives of Ky Anh District of the central province of Ha Tinh.

Both of them flew from Angola to the Van Don airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 12 and were quarantined in Thai Binh Province.

They are being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi’s Dong Anh District.

Patients 1,400 and 1,401 were repatriated from Indonesia on November 29 and quarantined in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

They are being treated at the Sa Dec General Hospital.

Patient 1,402 is a 37-year-old woman in Phong Tho District of the northern province of Lai Chau.

She was brought home from Saudi Arabia on December 6 and quarantined in Ninh Binh Province.

The patient is being treated at the Cau Yen Regional General Hospital in Ninh Binh’s Hoa Lu District.

The same day, five more patients were declared free of the virus, raising the total recoveries to 1,246./.

By Huong Giang