August 15, 2020 | 16:14 (GMT+7)
Vietnam reports one new imported case, another COVID-19 death
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported one new imported case and another coronavirus-related death on August 15 morning.
The new infection case is a 41-year-old woman from Vu Ban district in northern Nam Dinh province. She had previously been living in Russia where she tested positive for COVID-19 and was treated. After recovering from the virus she was repatriated to Vietnam and immediately quarantined on arrival after landing on August 10.
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Taken sample for COVID-19 testing (Photo for illustration) |
She was tested again and the results revealed she was once again positive for coronavirus. She is being treated at the Nam Dinh General Hospital.
There have now been a total of 930 people testing positive for the coronavirus since the first case was detected back in January. Of them, 329 are imported cases and quarantined upon their arrival.
Meanwhile, a 63-year-old man in Da Nang city became the 22nd fatality related to the cororavirus SARS-CoV-2.
He had a number of underlying health conditions including end-stage renal failure, hypertension and heart failure. He had also been receiving dialysis treatment for a number of years.
He died of septic shock, multiple organ failure, pneumonia caused by Covid-19 and end-stage of renal failure.
Source: VNA