There has been one new case of Covid-19 recorded in Viet Nam, meaning there are now 373 people in Viet Nam who have tested positive for coronavirus, according to Viet Nam's National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control figures released on 14 July morning.

Citizens conduct disinfection upon arrival in a designated quarantine facility (Photo: VNA)

The new patient is a 53-year-old man who returned home on a repatriation flight from Russia on 9 July. He resides in Nam Tu Liem district, Ha Noi.

After landing at Can Tho International Airport, he was sent to a concentrated quarantine facility in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

On 12 July, he was taken samples for testing and the result showed positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

At present, he is being quarantined and treated at the Ca Mau General Hospital.

The country has gone 89 days without a domestically transmitted infection.

In total, 232 of the confirmed cases were overseas arrivals, and they were quarantined on arrival.

Two more patients have been given the all-clear from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 352 or 94.4 percent of all cases.

Notably, there is zero death. The remaining patients are being treated at health facilities across the country. Most of them are in stable condition. Five have tested negative for the virus once, and one tested negative at least twice.

Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today