December 03, 2020 | 14:43 (GMT+7)
            
         
        
     
    
    
    
        Seven more COVID-19 cases reported
    
        
            
                Vietnam confirmed seven more imported COVID-19 cases from 6p.m. on December 1 to 6p.m. on December 2, reported the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
        
        
        
            
	They are under quarantine and treatment in hospitals in Khanh Hoa, Da Nang, Can Tho, Hanoi, and Dong Nai.
	As of December 2 afternoon, Vietnam had recorded a total of 1,358 infection cases, 693 of them locally transmitted. There were 553 new cases from July 25.
	
		
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			| As many as 15,503 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine. | 
	
	Six patients were given all-clear from the virus the same day, raising the total number of recovered cases to 1,201.
	Among the patients under treatment at medical establishments, five tested negative to SARS-CoV-2 once, three twice and 10 thrice. There have been 35 deaths related to the disease so far.
	As many as 15,503 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine, including 183 in hospitals, 14,472 in other establishments, and 848 at homes.
	Source: VNA