Quick SARS-CoV-2 tests conducted in Hanoi’s Cau Giay district (Photo: VNA)one new COVID-19 infection case was reported on April 4 afternoon, bringing the
total number in the country to 240.
The 240th patient is a 29-year-old Vietnamese
woman from Luc Nam district in the northern
province of Bac Giang
who lived and
worked in
Bangkok, Thailand.
On March 19, she joined a party
in Thailand with the family of the 166th
patient – a 25-year-old woman also from Bac Giang province.
On March 20, she returned to Hanoi on flight
VN618, seat 28B from Bangkok and was sent to a concentrated quarantine camp in Nho Quan district, Ninh Binh province upon arrival.
She developed a fever on March 31 and tested
positive to SARS-CoV-2 on April 1 at Ninh Binh province’s General Hospital.
Her six roommates at the quarantine camp all
tested negative for the virus on the same day.
On March 30, health officials in the central
province of Quang Binh
isolated eight people who had been in close contact with the 166th patient when
they were in Thailand.
As of April 4 afternoon, Vietnam has
successfully treated 90 patients.
The number of suspected infections was 3,736,
down 935 cases compared to April 3.
The healthcare sector also urged localities to
trace all people who had come in contact with the 237th patient – a Swedish man
who was confirmed infected with COVID-19 on April 1 after
being hospitalised following an accident./.
Source: VietnamPlus
