A 24-year-old Vietnamese woman returning from Japan was the only Covid-19 case recorded in Viet Nam over the last 24 hours, the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported on January 10 evening.

At a Covid-19 quarantine centre in the northern province of Thai Nguyen (Photo: VNA)

The new case brought the national tally of Covid-19 to 1,514.

The new patient arrived at Tho Xuan airport in the central province of Thanh Hoa on January 8 and was immediately put into quarantine in the locality.

Among patients under treatment, nine have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, eight twice and eight thrice. The fatalities remain at 35.

A total of 17,634 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-affected regions are staying in quarantine nationwide.

Source: VNA