Vietnam records two imported COVID-19 cases from Mexico, total now 331
Monday, June 08, 2020, 12:28 GMT+7
Vietnam’s novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally has climbed to 331 as the Ministry of Health confirmed two new imported cases on Monday morning.
The two new patients are Vietnamese women, aged 28 and 47, who recently returned to the Southeast Asian country from Mexico.
They worked in the same company in Ho Chi Minh City.
On March 13, the two women went to Mexico and were stranded in the country until June 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
They flew to Japan before traveling from the East Asian country to the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang aboard flight VN319 on June 5.
They were brought to a quarantine camp in the central province of Quang Nam following their arrival.
As their first tests came back positive for the novel coronavirus on June 7, the two women were transferred to the Quang Nam General Hospital for isolation and treatment.
The total number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam is currently at 331, with 307 having recovered.
No deaths from the disease have been recorded in the country.
Among the 24 active cases, only nine still test positive for the virus, while the others have tested negative at least once since receiving treatment.
No locally-transmitted infections have been documented in the community for 53 days.
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