Four new imported COVID-19 cases reported in Vietnam on Thursday evening. The total number of cases nationwide now reaches at 412, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said.
Case 409: Female, 37 years old, an education expert from Philippines, she arrived into the country from Korea, landed in Phu Quoc Island on flight number QH9461 on July 19th and tested positive for Covid-19 on July 20th. The Lao Dong Newspaper reported.
Case 410: Male, 25 years old, with address in Thuy Loi, Tien Lu, Hung Yen province
Case 411: Female, 30 years old, from Du Lan, Viet Tri city of Phu Tho province
Case 412: Male, 49 years old, from Nam Ly, Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh province.
All of patients 410, 411 and 1 412 has arrived into the country on a repatriation flight from Russia.
According to a report by VNExpress, 101 South Korean experts, managers and high-tech workers from Incheon City were quarantined on July 19th upon arrival on Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam. They arrived in Phu Quoc to work for a major business group that owns a billion-dollar project on the island. The group was not identified by the authorities of Kien Giang Province, off which the island is located.
The South Koreans arrived in normal health at the Phu Quoc International Airport and will remain in quarantine for 14 days as per the nation’s Covid-19 protocol.
Local media reported, Vietnam has not seen any new cases in the community for almost 100 days. More than 12,000 people are currently quarantined at hospitals, medical centres and at home.
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