Viet Nam confirmed 19 new imported cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, raising the national patient tally to 2,733. 

The latest patients include two male experts from India and the U.S.

The Indian national landed in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10 and is being treated at the city’s Cu Chi field hospital.

Meanwhile, the American national flew from the U.S. to Singapore and then took flight SQ178 to ho Chi Minh City on March 28. He is being treated at the Cu Chi field hospital.

All the other patients are Vietnamese repatriated from the Czech Republic (three), Russia (five), the U.S. (one), Japan (eight).

The national caseload includes 2,455 recoveries and 35 fatalities.

The same day, the Ministry of Health reported that more than 60,000 front line workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in 19 cities and provinces since March 8 when the country first launched national inoculation program./.