A 34-year-old Vietnamese woman who flew home from Russia on May 13 is the latest person to test positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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She is the 32^nd person from one single flight who has contracted coronavirus, including two members of the cabin crew.

The woman who lives in Gia Vien district, Ninh Bình province, tested positive for Covid-19 in Russia but had made a full recovery before flying home.

After being quarantined immediately after landing at Van Don airport in Quang Ninh province, she tested negative.

But results from a second test carried out on May 22 came back positive, and she is receiving treatment in the Hai Duong city-based Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

All passengers from the plane, which flew from Moscow to the Van Don Airport were immediately quarantined on arrival, posing no risk to the community.

The new imported case brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 325. In total, 185 of those confirmed cases were classed as "imported" which were quarantined after arrival in Viet Nam. 

Overall, 267 patients, around 82 percent, have recovered from the virus.

Currently, 15,412 people are quarantined across the country, including 58 at hospitals, 8,523 at concentrated quarantine establishments and 6,831 at home.

Source: VNA/ DA NANG TODAY