Vietnam confirms 12 new coronavirus cases, all imported

21 July, 2020 | Vietnam News
File picture of a health worker after spraying disinfectant inside a Vietnam Airlines plane during the coronavirus outbreak, at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam February 21, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/ File Photo)

HANOI – Vietnam‘s health ministry has reported 12 new coronavirus infections, all among citizens held in quarantine after coming back from Russia.

The Southeast Asian country has not recorded any local transmission of the virus for more than three months after a successful programmes to contain the outbreak.

Vietnam has registered no deaths related to coronavirus and a total of 396 cases, with around 90% of those infected having recovered.

 

Reuters