Vietnam recorded 28 new COVID-19 cases in the 12 hours as of 6pm on January 30, including one imported case and 27 locally infected ones linked with the hotbed in northern Hai Duong province.
People who have finished their quarantine period receive final temperature check before returning home (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 28 newCOVID-19 cases in the 12 hours as of 6pm on January 30, including one importedcase and 27 locally infected ones linked with the hotbed in northern Hai Duongprovince.
The imported case is a 47-year-old man of the USnationality who transited the Republic of Korea before arriving at Tan Son NhatInternational Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on January 28, said the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The southern city also saw one case of community transmission. Theman, 28, from Hai Duong, used to meet Patient 1612 in the hotbed in thisprovince’s Chi Linh city.
Two other domestic infections are in the CentralHighlands province of Gia Lai. They are husband and wife living in Ayun Pa townand also relating to Patient 1612.
In Hanoi, two new cases are men, 40 and 34 years old,who used to have close contact with Patient 1584 and 1694, respectively.
Northern Quang Ninh province also recorded four moreinfections, all of whom previously met a previously confirmed case in Chi Linhcity.
Another 18 new cases are in Hai Duong province.
The COVID-19 tally in Vietnam currently stands at 1,767, including 901 local infections with 208reported since January 27.
As many as 1,456 patients have recovered, including eighton January 30, while the number of fatalities remains unchanged, at 35.
There are 21,857 people having close contact with confirmedcases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present.
Six of those still under treatment have tested negative forSARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, once, four others twice, and threethrice.
Also on January 30, the Quang Ninh People's Committee decided to set up the third hospital for treating COVID-19 patients and quarantining suspected cases. This 250-bed facility is based at the Ha Long General Hospital in Ha Long city./.
The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department on January 30 announced a COVID-19 case, a man coming from the northern province of Hai Duong – a current hotspot of the pandemic – on a flight on January 28.
Northern Quang Ninh province has decided to put its Van Don district under social distancing and temporarily block Van Don’s Cai Rong town from 12pm on January 30 to 12pm on February 21.
About 5,000 samples will be taken for COVID-19 testing on January 30 in the northern province of Hai Duong, the country’s latest COVID-19 outbreak, said Director of the provincial Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Pham Duy Tuyen.
The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai has recorded five people testing positive once for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, all of them linked with the localities that have reported confirmed cases over the past few days.
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After more than three weeks of intensive treatment, the patient's pneumonia improved, breathing stabilised, sedation was reduced, and the breathing tube was removed. He is now conscious, able to eat orally, and in recovery.
People who have finished their quarantine period receive final temperature check before returning home (Photo: VNA) 
