Viet Nam confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday afternoon, raising the national caseload to 2,511. 

The latest cases comprise one local infection in Hai Duong and two imported cases quarantined in Bac Ninh.

The two imported patients are Philippine experts who landed at the Noi Bai International Airport on February 22. Both of them are being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi’s Dong Anh District.

Viet Nam will start COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday as the first batch of 117,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Ho Chi Minh City-based on February 24./.