Patient No. 3,197 was announced as COVID-19 positive on May 8
The mutated strain is currently in circulation in northern Vietnam, where epicenters of the ongoing fourth wave of infections are located
She came to Hai Phong on April 24 and returned on May 5
The new patient has never left the city in the past month
A total of 1,340 domestic cases have been recorded since April 27
Ninety-seven patients were recorded in Bac Giang Province alone
Lang Son police officers have nabbed members of a smuggling ring who sneaked Chinese nationals into Vietnam
By comparison, the country recorded 910 domestic cases in the third wave from January 28 to March 25
The dismissal came only one day after Nguyen Van Thanh was suspended as the director and Party chief of Hacinco
Bac Giang Province in the northern region accounts for 98 cases
All were detected in isolated areas