The Ministry of Health on Wednesday issued new definitions of Covid cases, suspected cases and close contacts in a bid to detect and manage new infections quicker and more effectively.
The Mekong Delta Province of Dong Thap authority and related agencies have been working to track down close contacts with a woman who illegally entered Vietnam and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
A leader of police station in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang yesterday announced police officers have arrested the man who organized illegal immigration for the group of people from Cambodia into Vietnam on December 24.
Twenty-six Vietnamese people returning from Romania and the US had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced on Wednesday evening.