Vietnam confirms three more Covid-19 cases, 121 in total


People wearing face masks take part in a motorcade as a public awareness campaign for the prevention of the spread of coronavirus in Hanoi on Monday (March 23). Vietnam imposed a blanket ban on all foreigners on entering the country on Sunday. - AFP

HANOI: Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Monday afternoon (March 23) confirmed three new cases of Covid-19 infection in its southern Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 121.

The three cases are a 29-year-old American man living in Ho Chi Minh City who has traveled between Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand, a 27-year-old Canadian man living in the city who has entered Vietnam from Canada and had contact with a recently confirmed case, and a 58-year-old Vietnamese man arriving from the United States with transit in Japan, the ministry said.

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