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Four new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the last 24 hours and being quarantined, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. (Photo: VNA)

Four new imported COVID-19 cases

Four new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the last 24 hours and being quarantined, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Of the newly-detected patients, one arrived from UAE, and another returned from Russia. They are being treated at the General Hospital of Phu Yen province, and Lung Hospital in Da Nang city, respectively. The two others are sailors working abroad. They entered Nha Trang port, Khanh Hoa province, on December 9. Both patients are being treated at the Khanh Hoa hospital of tropical disease.

With the new cases, the national count of COVID-19 patients now stands at 1,395. Among COVID-19 cases in Vietnam, 1,238 have recovered while the fatalities remain at 35. Among those still under treatment, three have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, seven twice and 12 thrice. A total of 21,001 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide, with 193 at hospitals, 16,302 at concentrated facilities and 4,506 either at home or accommodations.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a meeting. (Photo: TG&VN)

Prime Minister urges COVID-19 prevention during holiday

The PM's notice stated that ministries, agencies, and localities should promote the dissemination of traffic safety information and knowledge of COVID-19 prevention and control, as well as encourage people to use public transport during the coming Tet (Lunar New Year) and spring festivals.

He asked agencies and localities to strengthen patrols and control and strictly handle traffic violations on roads, railways and waterways and ensure the absolute safety of COVID-19 prevention for task forces and people. Passenger transport businesses and passengers must fully comply with the provisions of the law on traffic safety and strictly comply with regulations on prevention and control of COVID-19.

Departments of health and medical establishments nationwide must be on duty around clock and prepare staff, equipment, and medicine for treating traffic accident victims. The units need to have a timely response to deal with possible COVID-19 infections. Heads of agencies and units are responsible for controlling and preventing COVID-19. Hotlines to receive traffic complaints during the Tet holiday should be widely publicized on the media and information about COVID-19 prevention and control must be posted at bus stations, airports, and on public transport, said the Prime Minister.

More Vietnamese citizens brought home from Angola, Myanmar on Dec. 12. (Photo: VN Explorer)

More Vietnamese citizens brought home from Angola, Myanmar

Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from Angola on December 12 on a Vietnam Airlines flight. The flight was arranged by the Vietnamese authorities, the Vietnamese Embassy in Angola, the national flag carrier, and authorities in the host nation.

Passengers onboard include children under 18 years old, laborers with expired contracts, and people in extremely difficult circumstances. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, disease prevention measures were strictly carried out during the flight. Upon landing at Van Don International Airport in northern Quang Ninh province, the flight crew and all passengers were given health check-ups and quarantined.

On the same day, a Vietjet Air flight landed at Can Tho International Airport in the Mekong Delta city of the same name, taking more than 340 Vietnamese citizens in Myanmar back home. Upon arrival, crew members and all passengers were given health checks and quarantined as regulated.

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