A medical worker sprays disinfectant to sterilise Hanoi's streets (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –The Ministry of Health on March 7 afternoon confirmed the 18th COVID-19 infection case in Vietnam, who is a patient returning from theepidemic-hit Republic of Korea (RoK).
The National Instituteof Hygiene and Epidemiology said the same day that the 27-year-old male patientfrom northern Thai Binh province arrived in the RoK’s Daegu city on February 17and came back to Vietnam on flight VJ981 from Busan to Van Don airport in thenorthern province of Quang Ninh on March 4.
After entering Vietnam,the patient was brought to a concentrated quarantine area and had samplestested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
A day earlier, the 17th infection case was reported in the capital city of Hanoi. The 26-year-old femalepatient earlier visited her sister in the UK, then travelled to Italy andreturned to Hanoi on March 1 on flight VN0054.
Vietnam has to datedetected 18 COVID-19 infection cases. Of them, 16 patients had beensuccessfully cured and discharged from hospitals./.
The National Instituteof Hygiene and Epidemiology said the same day that the 27-year-old male patientfrom northern Thai Binh province arrived in the RoK’s Daegu city on February 17and came back to Vietnam on flight VJ981 from Busan to Van Don airport in thenorthern province of Quang Ninh on March 4.
After entering Vietnam,the patient was brought to a concentrated quarantine area and had samplestested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
A day earlier, the 17th infection case was reported in the capital city of Hanoi. The 26-year-old femalepatient earlier visited her sister in the UK, then travelled to Italy andreturned to Hanoi on March 1 on flight VN0054.
Vietnam has to datedetected 18 COVID-19 infection cases. Of them, 16 patients had beensuccessfully cured and discharged from hospitals./.
VNA
