Zero local COVID-19 infections, three imported cases, and 19 recoveries were reported in Vietnam on Friday, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Southeast Asian country has documented only one community-based transmission during the past six days, the health ministry said.
Three imported cases were confirmed on Friday, all Vietnamese returning from Ukraine.
They were registered in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, about 120km from Ho Chi Minh City.
The three arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on the same flight on Tuesday. They were quarantined upon entry, as per regulations.
The trio, aged eight, 35, and 43, were sampled for COVID-19 testing at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday. Their results came back positive on Friday.
They are isolated for treatment at Long Dien District Medical Center in Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The health ministry announced 19 recoveries on Friday, including five in Da Nang, 13 in neighboring Quang Nam Province, and one in northern Ha Nam Province.
Vietnam has detected 1,049 coronavirus patients, including 691 domestic infections, as of Friday night, with 786 having recovered and 35 having died.
A total of 551 local cases, mostly linked to Da Nang, have been registered since July 25, when the beach city reported the first domestic transmission after the nation had gone 99 days without any community-based infection.
Vietnam is quarantining 61,968 people who had direct contact with confirmed cases or entered the country from coronavirus-hit regions.
The virus exists in the community so everyone should learn to “live with the epidemic” in order to both fight it and develop the national economy, the health ministry said.
Accordingly, the ministry advised people to wear face masks in public, keep a distance from one another, avoid gatherings, disinfect places and sanitize hands, and declare health status.
Vietnam plans to reopen frequent international air routes to China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Cambodia, and Laos in mid-September, after having suspended commercial international flights since March 25.
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