COVID-19 cases in Vietnam now 134

The total COVID-19 cases in Vietnam has now amounted to 134 as the country reported two more cases on March 24 evening.
COVID-19 cases in Vietnam now 134 ảnh 1A worker fumigates Dam Sen Park in Ho Chi Minh City. The city has closed entertainment venues in efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The total COVID-19 cases in Vietnam hasnow amounted to 134 as the country reported two more cases on March 24 evening.

The 133rd patient is a 66-year-old femaleresident of the northwestern province of Lai Chau. She had a medical treatment atHanoi’s Bach Mai hospital this month and came back to her home town on March22. On March 23, her sample tested positive to the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19,and she is now being quarantined in the province in stable health conditions.

The 134th is a 10-year-old resident of Hanoi’soutlying district of Thach That. The boy came back from a foreign country to thecity’s Noi Bai airport on March 18 on Flight SU290. His sample tested positiveto the virus on March 23, and he is now quarantined in the central province ofThanh Hoa in stable health conditions./.
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