HANOI, May 4 (Xinhua): Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Tuesday said that some Covid-19 patients previously reported in northern Vietnam's Vinh Phuc province were infected with a new Covid-19 virus variant first identified in India.
The patients were the country's first community cases to be confirmed with the new variant.
A total of 15 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Vietnam on Tuesday, including three locally transmitted and 12 imported, raising the total tally to 2,996, according to the ministry.
Among the community cases, two were reported in central Vietnam's Da Nang city and one in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
The imported cases include foreign experts and Vietnamese citizens who recently entered the country from abroad and were quarantined upon arrival, said the ministry.
As many as 2,560 patients have been given the all-clear as of Tuesday, the ministry said, adding that over 40,500 people are being quarantined and monitored in the Southeast Asian country.
Also on Tuesday, the health authority announced a review of quarantine measures, which may lead to longer mandatory quarantine for visitors from overseas. This came after some travelers who had completed the 14-day quarantine tested positive shortly after leaving quarantine facilities.
As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, Vietnam had recorded a total of 1,608 domestically transmitted Covid-19 infections, including 38 logged since the latest outbreak that began on April 29, according to the Ministry of Health. - Xinhua
The patients were the country's first community cases to be confirmed with the new variant.
A total of 15 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Vietnam on Tuesday, including three locally transmitted and 12 imported, raising the total tally to 2,996, according to the ministry.
Among the community cases, two were reported in central Vietnam's Da Nang city and one in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.
The imported cases include foreign experts and Vietnamese citizens who recently entered the country from abroad and were quarantined upon arrival, said the ministry.
As many as 2,560 patients have been given the all-clear as of Tuesday, the ministry said, adding that over 40,500 people are being quarantined and monitored in the Southeast Asian country.
Also on Tuesday, the health authority announced a review of quarantine measures, which may lead to longer mandatory quarantine for visitors from overseas. This came after some travelers who had completed the 14-day quarantine tested positive shortly after leaving quarantine facilities.
As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, Vietnam had recorded a total of 1,608 domestically transmitted Covid-19 infections, including 38 logged since the latest outbreak that began on April 29, according to the Ministry of Health. - Xinhua
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