Viet Nam's National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on Saturday morning announced one more imported Covid-19 case, bringing the country's overall tally to 328.

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The one-year-old boy returning from Russia on a flight from Russia on May 13, tested positive on 28 and 29 May after initially testing negative for the illness on the first day of his arrival in Viet Nam. 

The new imported case brought the total number of infected passengers on the May 13 flight from Russia  to 34. All of them were quarantined after arrival in Viet Nam. 

There has been no community transmission of the disease in Viet Nam for 44 consecutive days since April 16. 

Overall, 279 patients have recovered from the disease, and there have been no coronavirus deaths in Viet Nam till date.

Currently, 7,870 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from pandemic-hit areas are put under quarantine across the country.

Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today